State Bed at Keddleston Hall by Aldous Bertram

AVAILABLE TO SHIP AFTER NOVEMBER 28, 2025

State Bed at Kedleston Hall, 2025
Watercolor on Paper

Derbyshire, England
Built in 1768 by James Gravenor, featuring gilt palm trees and blue flowered silk brocade

Aldous Bertram is a Charleston-based interior designer and artist known for his richly layered, historically informed watercolors. Raised in a Queen Anne country house in the village of Linton, Cambridgeshire, and later educated at Cambridge—where he earned a PhD in 18th-century gardens and architecture—he brings a rare depth of architectural literacy to his work. This exclusive collection for Wentworth translates some of Europe’s most remarkable interiors into luminous, meticulously detailed studies, capturing the neoclassical whimsy, saturated color, and collected spirit that define his artistic hand.

State Bed at Kedleston Hall depicts one of the estate’s most extraordinary furnishings—a late-18th-century bed designed by James Gravenor and distinguished by its gilt palm trees, carved cornice, and blue flowered silk brocade. A masterpiece of aristocratic display, the bed reflects the height of British neoclassical taste. Bertram’s watercolor captures its opulence with sensitivity and precision, highlighting the interplay of gilding, drapery, and architectural form.

Dimensions: 16 ½" W x 19 ½" H (with frame)
Approx. 9" W x 11 ½" H (unframed)
Exclusive to Wentworth