How many walnut beds come up each year?

About thirty-two a year come to market on Sellingantiques, and seventy-nine different dealers have listed one. That spread means most dealers who handle them do so only occasionally rather than as a speciality.

Are these beds made for modern mattresses?

Many are. Frames are sized or re-sized to modern double, king and super-king, and king size alone appears in eighty-nine titles. The largest recorded are French, described as two metres wide, 6ft plus, and in two cases emperor size. Plain doubles are the other big group.

What does Queen Anne revival mean in these listings?

It's a small but persistent thread, ten titles, and it clusters almost entirely in the 1920s. It usually turns up as pairs of single beds rather than doubles.

Do headboards get sold without the frame?

Yes. Fifteen titles are headboards only, with no rails or footboard. Eleven mention accompanying bedside cabinets or tables, and several of those bedsides are built into the headboard itself. These part-beds sit at the lower end of the range.

Which countries do these beds come from?

France dominates, named in 169 titles. Italy is the rarest origin named, with eight. One Dutch marquetry canopy bed and one Channel Islands chateau bed are the only entries of their kind in the whole run.

What unusual forms turn up in this category?

A half tester, a four-poster in the Queen Anne style, an extending daybed that converts to a sofa bed, and a chaise longue each appear once. Daybeds form a small group of their own, including an oak-and-walnut caned example dated 1750, the earliest thing in the archive.

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A walnut bedstead is a head and footboard joined by side rails and bolts, built to come apart for moving, and made in walnut for bedrooms across Britain and continental Europe.