Why do listings mix Victorian with king size?

Because dealers describe the same bed in two centuries at once. Half of all titles use the word Victorian, and two in five give a modern mattress size. The size words are conversions applied now, not period measurements. A frame described as king size is being matched to a mattress a buyer can actually buy.

What sizes turn up most?

King size leads, at around two-fifths of listings, with 5ft the commonest figure and 6ft super king the widest band. Doubles, including 4ft6 and three-quarter widths, make up roughly a third. Singles account for about a fifth. Sixty-three titles are pairs of singles, and fourteen of those say the two frames can be joined into one wide bed. One outlier is given in metric at 160cm, and another at 5ft 6in described as extra wide.

How old are these beds usually?

The dealers' own dating runs from 1850 to 1930. Of 843 listings, 351 carry a clean year and the rest are given as a bracket such as Victorian, 19th Century or Edwardian. The 1900s is the busiest single decade at 149 listings, ahead of the 1890s and the 1880s. Anything before 1860 is scarce.

Is a half tester common?

No. Twenty-three titles in the archive describe a half tester, a canopy projecting over the head end only. Full four-posters are scarcer again, a handful across the whole archive, and they sit at the very top of the range.

Are all of these solid brass?

Far from it. Roughly two in five titles say iron alongside brass, which means the brass is the decorative element on an iron frame. All-brass frames are named as such in titles and gather in the upper half of the range. There is also a painted or japanned iron band, with brass knobs and detail.

Do wooden beds appear in this category?

A small band of them, yes. They are mahogany, walnut, maple or satinwood frames carrying brass inlay, brass mounts or brass detailing. Mahogany is the commonest of the woods, at twenty-five titles.

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A nineteenth- or early twentieth-century metal bedstead - head end, foot end and side irons - made in brass, or in iron with brass as the decoration, and sold as a frame rather than a complete bed.

Victorian Large Single Brass Bed by Hoskins & Sewell

19th century

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Victorian Large Single Brass Bed by Hoskins & Sewell

From Antique Furniture Direct

£250

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19th century

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Victorian King Size Brass Half Tester Bedstead

From Wessex Antique Bedsteads

£4,950

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1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Pair of Iron and Brass Square Tube Single Beds (Can Be Joined)

From Bedsteads

£1,575

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19th century

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3ft Wide Single Antique Bed in Black

From Seventh Heaven

£995

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19th century

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Double Decorative Antique Bed in Black

From Seventh Heaven

£1,560

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19th century

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Victorian King Size Brass Half Tester Bedstead

From Wessex Antique Bedsteads

£3,250

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Superb Quality Edwardian Dip Rail Double Bed with Castors

1900 - 1920

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Superb Quality Edwardian Dip Rail Double Bed with Castors

From Bedsteads

£1,450

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19th century

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Victorian Single Size Brass Bedstead

From Wessex Antique Bedsteads

£575

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19th century

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Restored Victorian Brass Half Tester Bedstead

From Wessex Antique Bedsteads

£8,950

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19th century

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Double Brass Antique Bed

From Seventh Heaven

£1,356

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French beds are much the commonest overseas type on Sellingantiques, at over a hundred titles. Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Irish, American, Austrian and Dutch-style ones appear once or twice.

1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Large Single Size Hand Painted Dutch Style Leather Bedstead

From Wessex Antique Bedsteads

£775

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19th century

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Victorian Double Size Brass and Carved Walnut Bedstead

From Wessex Antique Bedsteads

£1,295

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19th century

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Pair of Black Cast Iron Antique Beds with Rings

From Seventh Heaven

£2,156

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19th century

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Double Cast Iron Antique Bed in Cream

From Seventh Heaven

£1,560

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19th century

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King Antique Bed in Black

From Seventh Heaven

£1,896

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19th century

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Double Antique Bed in Black

From Seventh Heaven

£1,195

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Antique Brass Beds

Victorian Large Single Brass Bed by Hoskins & Sewell

Victorian King Size Brass Half Tester Bedstead

Edwardian Pair of Iron and Brass Square Tube Single Beds (Can Be Joined)

3ft Wide Single Antique Bed in Black

Double Decorative Antique Bed in Black

Victorian King Size Brass Half Tester Bedstead

Superb Quality Edwardian Dip Rail Double Bed with Castors

Victorian Single Size Brass Bedstead

Restored Victorian Brass Half Tester Bedstead

Double Brass Antique Bed

Edwardian Large Single Size Hand Painted Dutch Style Leather Bedstead

Victorian Double Size Brass and Carved Walnut Bedstead

Pair of Black Cast Iron Antique Beds with Rings

Double Cast Iron Antique Bed in Cream

King Antique Bed in Black

Double Antique Bed in Black

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