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Antique Four Poster Bed Double Size That Can Fit a 5 Foot Mattress Oak Circa 1690
Gerald Neville Antiques
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Antique Four Poster Bed Double Size That Can Fit a 5 Foot Mattress Oak Circa 1690

17th century
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A beautiful antique oak four poster double bed which can fit a 5 foot mattress oak. Late 17th century and with wonderful fruitwood inlay and elegant carved panels.

This antique oak four poster double bed is also known as a tester bed.

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Gerald Neville Antiques has dated this Carved Oak Four Poster Bed to the 17th Century.

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SA1200893
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Oakbed4
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A beautiful antique oak four poster double bed which can fit a 5 foot mattress oak. Late 17th century and with wonderful fruitwood inlay and elegant carved panels.

This antique oak four poster double bed is also known as a tester bed.

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Gerald Neville Antiques has dated this Carved Oak Four Poster Bed to the 17th Century.

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Oakbed4
Gerald Neville Antiques
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A dark oak four poster tester bed featuring intricately carved panels, turned posts, and a full wooden canopy.
Antique four poster bed double size that can fit a 5 foot mattress oak circa 1690
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A dark oak four poster tester bed featuring intricately carved panels, turned posts, and a full wooden canopy.
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A tester bed is a type of four poster bed featuring a wooden canopy or frame extending over the entire sleeping area, popular in Europe from the late Middle Ages through the seventeenth century.

These beds were predominantly constructed from solid English oak, utilizing hand-cut mortise and tenon joinery, iron pins, and hand-carved decorative panels.

Authentic pieces display evidence of hand-tooling such as adze marks, pegged joinery without modern screws, natural timber shrinkage, and accumulated patination in crevices and touchpoints.

Balance the substantial visual weight of dark oak with crisp white or neutral linen bedding, subtle drapery, and contemporary lighting to create a clean visual contrast.

Preserve the timber by keeping it away from direct heat sources, maintaining stable humidity levels, and applying a high-quality beeswax polish once or twice a year to protect the original finish.
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