床阶（Marchepied de lit） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	床阶（Marchepied de lit）
品名（英）	Bed steps (Marchepied de lit)
入馆年号	2008年，2008.116
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者	Jean Baptiste Boulard【1725 至 1789】【法国人】
创作年份	公元 1785 - 公元 1799
创作地区
分类	木工家具（Woodwork-Furniture）
尺寸	整体 (confirmed): 高 17 1/2 x 宽 22 x 深 21 英寸 (44.5 x 55.9 x 53.3 厘米)
介绍（中）	法国十八世纪社会最高阶层家中的床往往很高，因为习惯上用三个或更多填充稻草、羊毛、马毛或羽毛的床垫堆放它们。堆积的床上用品创造了相当大的高度，正如苏格兰旅行者诗人托比亚斯·斯莫利特（Tobias Smollett，1721-1771 年）所指出的那样，他在 1766 年指出，"法国床是如此之高，有时人们不得不借助台阶来安装它们。梯子或床步被用来安全地上升到床上，正如当代插图中所见。这种床台阶被称为 marchepied de lit，通常与使用它们的床架相匹配，并且会用与床帷幔相同的材料进行软垫。这些特殊的床台阶由直轨上方的两个软垫踏板组成，这些踏板上雕刻着珠子，而两侧则用椭圆形穿孔。短圆形锥形和凹槽腿正上方的角落装饰有paterae。根据与让-巴蒂斯特·布拉尔德（Jean-Baptiste Boulard）在凡尔赛宫展出的床台阶的相似之处，这些台阶可能是由同一菜单师制作的。
介绍（英）	French eighteenth-century beds in the homes of the highest echelons of society tended to be lofty, as it was customary to pile them with three or more mattresses filled with straw, wool, horsehair or feathers. The piled-up bedding created a considerable height, as is indicated by a Scottish traveler, the poet Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) who noted in 1766, “French beds are so high, that sometimes one is obliged to mount them by the help of steps.” Stepstools or bed steps were used to ascend safely into bed, as is seen in contemporary illustrations. Known as a marchepied de lit, such bed steps were often made to match the frame of the bed next to which they were used and would be upholstered in the same material as the bed hangings. These particular bed steps consist of two upholstered treads above straight rails which are carved with beading while the two sides are pierced with an oval. The corners directly above the short circular tapered and fluted legs are decorated with paterae. Based on similarities with bed steps by Jean-Baptiste Boulard on display at the château de Versailles, it is possible that these were made by the same menuisier.