Do antique bedsteads take modern mattresses?

Size language dominates these listings. "Size" appears in a third of titles and "king" in nearly as many, with double, single and super king close behind. Widths quoted run from 3ft singles through 4ft 6in and 5ft up to 6ft super kings, and one sampled bed is described as emperor size. Frames are presented in the size the buyer will shop for.

What does a brass and iron bedstead mean?

It means the frame combines both metals, commonly brass for the rails, knobs and finials with iron uprights and castings. All-iron and all-brass frames appear separately. This combination is the backbone of the category. Brass turns up in a quarter of titles, iron in a fifth, and Victorian in a quarter, with the three often meeting in the same heading.

Are four poster beds common in this category?

No. Four posters, full testers and half testers together account for well under a tenth of the titles on Sellingantiques. They are, though, where the money sits. Canopy beds take up almost the entire upper reach of the range, and the sampled pieces claimed as seventeenth and eighteenth century are all posters or testers.

Why are pairs of single beds listed together?

Because they were made as pairs, and many will push together to make one wider bed. "Pair" appears in around fifty titles and "matching" in a dozen more. Some arrive with more than the beds: ensuite bedside cabinets, a marble-top nightstand, a bedroom chair, or a four-piece suite.

How old are most antique bedsteads for sale?

The dealer date field spans 1800 to 1940, with 246 listings carrying a clean year. Decade labels are commoner than exact dates. The 1900s is the most frequent single label. The 1920s, 1910s and 1930s together outnumber everything explicitly marked Victorian, and a large block of titles carry no date at all.

What sorts of French beds appear?

Carved, painted and upholstered frames make up about a fifth of the category. Louis-style walnut beds and newly upholstered king size French beds both recur. The corbeille, with its bowed basket end, surfaces occasionally within this group.

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An antique bedstead is a complete frame - head end, foot end and side rails - made to carry a separate mattress, and on this market it is nearly always offered in a modern bed size.

Pair of Black Cast Iron Antique Beds with Rings

19th century

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Pair of Black Cast Iron Antique Beds with Rings

From Seventh Heaven

£2,156

13 DAYS AGO

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1900 - 1920

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Pair of Queen Anne Style Antique Beds

From Seventh Heaven

£1,595

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1900 - 1920

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Single Brass Antique Bed

From Seventh Heaven

£871

13 DAYS AGO

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3ft Wide Single Antique Bed in Blue Verdigris

19th century

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3ft Wide Single Antique Bed in Blue Verdigris

From Seventh Heaven

£1,195

13 DAYS AGO

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19th century

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3ft Wide Single Antique Bed in Black

From Seventh Heaven

£995

13 DAYS AGO

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Superbly Sweet Single Four Poster Iron and Brass Bed

1900 - 1920

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Superbly Sweet Single Four Poster Iron and Brass Bed

From Bedsteads

£1,550

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Gorgeous Cherry Wood Pre–mid-century Modern European Double Bed

1900 - 1920

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Gorgeous Cherry Wood Pre–mid-century Modern European Double Bed

From Bedsteads

£1,750

13 DAYS AGO

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Antique Victorian Anglo-indian Mahogany Four Poster Bed - 5ft 8” / King Size / Colonial / Raj (Circa 1860)

19th century

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Antique Victorian Anglo-indian Mahogany Four Poster Bed - 5ft 8” / King Size / Colonial / Raj (Circa 1860)

From Yolanda Gray Antiques

£8,950

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19th century

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Victorian King Size Brass Half Tester Bedstead

From Wessex Antique Bedsteads

£3,250

2 WEEKS AGO

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19th century

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Victorian Brass Double Size Bedstead

From Wessex Antique Bedsteads

£2,195

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Dealers on Sellingantiques date their bedsteads from 1800 to 1940, though a few four posters and testers are claimed as seventeenth century or earlier.

19th century

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King Size Exhibition Quality Victorian Brass Half Tester Bedstead

From Wessex Antique Bedsteads

£9,500

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1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Large Single Size Hand Painted Dutch Style Leather Bedstead

From Wessex Antique Bedsteads

£775

2 WEEKS AGO

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19th century

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Victorian Double Size Brass and Carved Walnut Bedstead

From Wessex Antique Bedsteads

£1,295

2 WEEKS AGO

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19th century

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Victorian Single Size Brass Bedstead

From Wessex Antique Bedsteads

£575

2 WEEKS AGO

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19th century

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Victorian Double Size Carved Burr Walnut Framed Upholstered High Back Bedstead

From Wessex Antique Bedsteads

£1,550

2 WEEKS AGO

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1900 - 1920

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Pair of 1920'S Heals Antique Oak Single Beds - Both Labelled

From Miles Griffiths Antiques Ltd

£1,250

2 WEEKS AGO

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Antique Bedsteads

Pair of Black Cast Iron Antique Beds with Rings

Pair of Queen Anne Style Antique Beds

Single Brass Antique Bed

3ft Wide Single Antique Bed in Blue Verdigris

3ft Wide Single Antique Bed in Black

Superbly Sweet Single Four Poster Iron and Brass Bed

Gorgeous Cherry Wood Pre–mid-century Modern European Double Bed

Antique Victorian Anglo-indian Mahogany Four Poster Bed - 5ft 8” / King Size / Colonial / Raj (Circa 1860)

Victorian King Size Brass Half Tester Bedstead

Victorian Brass Double Size Bedstead

King Size Exhibition Quality Victorian Brass Half Tester Bedstead

Edwardian Large Single Size Hand Painted Dutch Style Leather Bedstead

Victorian Double Size Brass and Carved Walnut Bedstead

Victorian Single Size Brass Bedstead

Victorian Double Size Carved Burr Walnut Framed Upholstered High Back Bedstead

Pair of 1920'S Heals Antique Oak Single Beds - Both Labelled

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