ARTS AND CRAFTS ANTIQUE BRASS BED FULL SIZE EARLY 1900\'s
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ARTS AND CRAFTS ANTIQUE BRASS BED FULL SIZE EARLY 1900\'s:
$895.00
What a GREAT original antique double brass bed which reflects the Arts and Crafts movement in design.Very, Very, Unusual!!! As you can see the bed rail castinghas apatented. date of May 22, 1900.This date would certainlyindicate a manufacturing datesoon after the turn of the century, during the period of the Arts and Crafts movement and before a more modern bed rail systems were patented. This bed is manufactured of square and rectangular brass tubing with cast brass fittings, brass end caps and a decorative cast brass center piece.It is all brass, hollow of course, but just brass. The normal round tubing brass bed (about 98 percent are manufactured like this) is manufactured of a very thin brass wrap almost like a thick aluminum foil wrapped around a steel core and seamed.
The headboard is 57 inches to the top and the footboard is 37 inches. The bed measures 55 inches wide fromthe outside of the square posts. The antique original rails are designedto use slats with a standard double or full (the same size)and can use a modern box spring and matress. If you desire to use a modern queen boxspring and matress the rails could be lenthened (about 5 inches) and the boxspring and matress would onlystick out abouttwo inches beyond the brass post on each side. You do not have to modify the brass in the head and footboard to have a pleasing look with only a little overhang. I haveseen many double beds converted to queen in this fashion.
My guess is that this bed was polished and lacquered about 30 years ago when that look was popular The lacquer has darkened from age and thereare wear and spotting and scratches from time. The footboard top caps have most of the protective coating worn away from constant touching and the footboard top horizontal shows the most warn lacquer. It gives the look of a nice old warn finish which I prefer. A polishing shop couldpolish it tolook like newif some one desires that look. There are a couple ofvery small dents that are not very noticeable. There are some\"stress cracks\" in two of the tubes that are also not very noticeable. The top horizontal of the headboard has 1/4inch longcorner lines, jutting from the edge and about 10 total. (see picture 7) The one head board post has one large one about 1 inch long(see picture 8) and 4 other ones about 1/2 inch long again jutting from the corner. None of other tubes have cracks. Why are there stress cracks. When those two pieces of tubing were manufactured in the early 1900\'s they were not re-anealed to relieve the stress when they originally formed the tube. The cracking probably happened90 to100years ago. It probably will never changeand will not affect the structeral strength of the bed. How do I know this, I owned a brass bed and other brass products manufacturing business for 30 years, and am now retired. I saw lots of cracked brass, in antiques and newer!!
This bed is very heavy. The headboard and footboard together weigh about 160 lbs not including the bed rails. I have listed this as a pickup only. If you desire some type of delivery service please email me so that your options can be explored prior to offerding..
ARTS AND CRAFTS ANTIQUE BRASS BED FULL SIZE EARLY 1900\'s:
$895.00