The world's most famous beds A new exhibition - Sleep Art - opened at The Gallery Different in Shoreditch this week. Inspired by its launch, we've tracked down 11 of the most famous beds in the world. The Great Bed of Ware Originally housed in the White Hart Inn in Ware, Hertfordshire, this enormous four poster (10ft x 11ft - it can "reputedly accommodation at least four couples") was built by Jonas Fosbrooke in 1580 and is referenced in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Byron's Don Juan. It was sold to the V&A Museum in London in 1931, where visitors can still see it - as well as the many initials carved into its headboard. Picture: V&A