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Antique Italian Four Poster Canopy Bed Sicilian Wood
Located in Buxton, GB
This Fabulous Antique 19th Century Sicilian Gothic style Bed is a stunning example of an Italian
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19th Century Italian Gothic Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Wood
Period American Federal Tiger Maple Four Poster Canopy Bed
Located in Essex, MA
American Federal Four Post Canopy or Tester Bed
--Tiger Maple
--Original Throughout
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19th Century American Federal Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Maple
18th Century Carved Wood Four Poster Canopy Bed Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare one-of-a-kind 18th century American Baroque style four poster canopy bed frame. The scalloped
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18th Century American Baroque Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Walnut
Antique Provincial Spanish Four Poster Spindle Wood Bed, C1920
Located in Trensacq, FR
Antique Provincial Spanish bed spindle turned wood, Circa 1920
Gorgeous early 20th-century Spanish
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Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Fruitwood
American Four Poster "Field" Bed w/ Arched Canopy, Carved
Turned Posts, c 1815
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
. The bed's headboard has two downward scrolls, with four vase-and-ring turned posts; with the two foot
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Early 19th Century American American Empire Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Maple
Glamorous Diminutive Antique Gilt Metal Bed Crown Corona
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Sleep like royalty with this sweet little gilt metal bed crown. A close relative of the four poster
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Metal
19th Century Set of Victorian Mahogany Library or Bed Steps
Located in London, GB
originally be used to ascend high four-poster beds but would be perfect to use as a bedside cabinet or as
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1870s English Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
antique early 18th century English Elizabethan Renaissance Long Carved Oak Table
Located in Casteren, NL
furniture is heavy ornamentation, especially on tables and four poster beds. Meticulously crafted from
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18th Century English Elizabethan Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Oak
20th century oil depicting an Architectural Fantasy with Figures
Located in London, GB
painted sets and a huge four-poster bed as a prop. The scenery proved unwieldy, and his desire for
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Mahogany Chippendale Column Plant Stand
Located in Savannah, GA
This piece started life in the 1700s as a column to a four tall poster bed. In the 1800s one of the
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1750s English Chippendale Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Four Poster Bed
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Good quality four poster bed made of excellent mahogany. The bed has reeding and carved decoration
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19th Century British Antique Four Poster Beds
$4,480
Mahogany Four Poster Bed
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Antique four poster bed with turned front columns made of really splendid Cuban mahogany. The front
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Early 19th Century British Antique Four Poster Beds
$6,580
Antique Brass Four Poster Bed
Located in Wrexham, GB
A magnificent all brass four poster bed with etched posts, ornate brass fittings, decorative brass
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Iron, Brass
Carved and Ebonised Four Poster Bed
Located in London, GB
Large carved and ebonised mahogany four poster bed.
Calcutta, India.
Late 19th
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19th Century Antique Four Poster Beds
Cream Metal Four Poster Bed
Located in Wrexham, GB
A brass and iron four poster bed adapted from an original Victorian frame, finished in cream, with
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Iron
Cast Iron Four Poster Bed, M4P41
Located in Wrexham, GB
A 5ft wide cast iron antique four poster bed with ornate castings and original brass decoration
Category
1880s Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Iron
Campaign Brass Four Poster Bed - M4P20
Located in Wrexham, GB
A magnificent brass Campaign four-poster bed bed with ornate cast brass fittings and folding arched
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1870s English Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass
Cast Iron Four Poster Bed, M4P44
Located in Wrexham, GB
A 5ft wide cast iron antique four poster bed finished in black with ornate castings and original
Category
1880s Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Iron
19th Century Anglo-Indian Four-Poster Bed
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A 19th century Indian four-poster bed, an exceptional black wood bed, all the carved elements of
Category
19th Century British Antique Four Poster Beds
19th Century Anglo-Indian Four-Poster Bed
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A 19th century Indian four-poster bed, an exceptional black wood bed, all the carved elements of
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19th Century British Antique Four Poster Beds
Unusually Large Indian Four Poster Bed
Located in London, GB
Unusually Large Mahogany 'Maharaja' four poster bed, from Calcutta, India.
The headboard
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19th Century Indian Antique Four Poster Beds
All Original Four Poster Bed, English circa 1840
Located in Avington, Hampshire
Four poster bed, all original. English, circa 1840
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Early 19th Century Antique Four Poster Beds
Victorian Four Poster Bed - M4P11
Located in Wrexham, GB
Superb Victorian four poster bed suitable for American Queen Size or British King Size. Circa 1870
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1870s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Iron
60 inches Wide Four-Poster Bed
Located in Wrexham, GB
A classical style brass and iron four-poster bed finished in black with a straight canopy.
This
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Iron
Late 19th Century Mahogany Four Poster Bed
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
Late 19th Century mahogany Four Poster Bed, the uprights reeded with anthemion leafs. The top with
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19th Century British Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Mahogany Four Poster Bed
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
Late 19th century mahogany four-poster bed, the uprights reeded with anthemion leafs. The top with
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Late 19th Century English Antique Four Poster Beds
Cast Iron Four Poster Bed, M4P42
Located in Wrexham, GB
A 5ft wide cast iron antique four poster bed, circa 1880.
The ornate bed panels have large central
Category
1880s Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Iron
$5,202 / item
French Louis XVI Painted Four Poster bed
Located in Hudson, NY
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A Louis XVI four poster bed in flaky old yellow paint, with carved a
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Four Poster Beds
All Brass Crown and Canopy Four-Poster Bed
Located in Wrexham, GB
Magnificent all brass four-poster bed with crown and canopy.
This bed accepts a 6ft wide (72 in
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass
Cast Iron Four-Poster Bed M4P24
Located in Wrexham, GB
A late Victorian cast iron four poster bed finished in black with gold lined castings.
This bed
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
Imposing 17th Century Style Four Poster Bed
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
Imposing 17th century style Four Poster Bed, the headboard with scrolls and a pair of tapering
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19th Century British Antique Four Poster Beds
A George III Period Mahogany Four Poster Bed
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A George III period mahogany Four Poster Bed, the canope with a dentil border.
Please note this
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18th Century and Earlier British Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Mahogany
George III Period Mahogany and Painted Four-Poster Bed
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
George III period mahogany and painted four-poster bed, formerly the property of the Lord Menuhin
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1780s British Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Mahogany
Anglo-Indian Rosewood Four Poster Bed with Canopy
Located in San Francisco, CA
Anglo-Indian solid rosewood four poster bed with canopy. Headboard has gently curved top rail with
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Early 20th Century Indian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Rosewood
Anglo Indian Ebonised Four Poster Bed, circa 1890
Located in London, GB
A fine Anglo Indian ebonised and carved wood four poster bed, India c.1890. The columns partly
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19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Four Poster Beds
Wide Four Poster Bed - M4P12
Located in Wrexham, GB
A superb cast iron four poster bed adapted from an original mid-Victorian frame dating back to 1880
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1880s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Iron
Maple Federal Four Poster Bed, WD42
Located in Wrexham, GB
A fine example of an American Federal Four Poster Bed fashioned from maple and originating from the
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Maple
Cast Iron Four Poster Bed
Located in Wrexham, GB
A superb cast iron four poster bed adapted from an original mid Victorian frame dating back to 1880
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Iron, Steel
Cast Iron Four Poster Bed, M4P48
Located in Wrexham, GB
An antique cast iron four poster bed from the late Nineteenth Century, circa 1880. It was
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1880s Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Iron
$4,839 / item
Large and Impressive Anglo Indian Four Poster Bed
Located in London, GB
Anglo Indian carved four poster bed in ebonised rosewood circa 19th century from Gujurat. The head
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19th Century Indian Antique Four Poster Beds
Regency Mahogany Four Poster Bed, Circa 1815
Located in New York, NY
A handsome Regency mahogany four poster bed, having a molded and string inlaid cornice. The round
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19th Century English Antique Four Poster Beds
18th Century Gillows Four Poster Bed
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
An important 18th century four-poster bed by Gillows of Lancaster originating from the home of the
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Late 18th Century English Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
All Brass Four Poster Bed M4P43
Located in Wrexham, GB
A magnificent all brass four poster bed with crown and canopy, Circa 1870.
This superb example of
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Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Iron
Cast Iron Antique Four-Poster Bed M4P32
Located in Wrexham, GB
A 6ft wide cast iron antique four-poster bed with central brass casting in a sunflower design
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Iron
Wide Cast Iron Four Poster Bed M4P23
Located in Wrexham, GB
A cast iron and brass four-poster bed from the mid-Victorian era with Fine cast iron work and
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
An 18th Century Chippendale Period Four Poster Bed
Located in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
An 18th century Chippendale period four poster bed, the front carved stop fluted tapering mahogany
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18th Century English Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Mahogany, Pine
Wide Regency Mahogany Four-Poster Bed
Located in Wrexham, GB
A superb example of a Victorian four poster bed in mahogany with fine front turned posts, shaped
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Mahogany
All Brass Crown and Canopy Four Poster Bed
Located in Wrexham, GB
A majestic all brass four poster bed bedstead with crown and canopy. Detailed etched brass posts
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1870s British Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Iron
Cast Iron Antique Four Poster Bed M4P38
Located in Wrexham, GB
A 5ft wide cast iron antique four poster bed in cream with ornate castings and original brass
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Iron
Cast Iron Four Poster Bed with Sunflower Design, M4P18
Located in Wrexham, GB
A cast iron four-poster bed bed from the mid-Victorian era restored in black with gold-lined cast
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Iron, Steel
Anglo-Indian Regency Style Ebonized Four-Poster Bed, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An impressive mahogany Anglo-Indian Regency style ebonized four-poster bed with a swan neck
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19th Century Indian Regency Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Mahogany
19th century Anglo-Indian Ebony Four Poster Bed with Canopy
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very rare solid ebony Anglo-Indian four poster bed with canopy. Headboard has fluted curved top
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19th Century Sri Lankan Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass
Wide Antique Brass Four Poster Bed with Song Birds M4P36
Located in Wrexham, GB
A magnificent all brass four poster bed with etched posts, ornate brass fittings, decorative brass
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Iron, Brass
5ft Wide Cast Iron Four Poster Bed in Cream, M4P49
Located in Wrexham, GB
A 5ft wide cast iron antique four poster bed with ornate castings and original brass decoration
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1880s Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Brass, Iron
Very Rare Heals Antique Oak Four Poster Bed
By Ambrose Heal
Located in Lancashire, GB
Very Rare Heals Antique Oak Four Poster Bed.
This is a great antique oak bed, superb quality which
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Oak
Victorian Mahogany Antique Four Poster Bed, W4P9
Located in Wrexham, GB
A magnificent Victorian mahogany four poster bed with substantial bow shaped footboard and shaped
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Four Poster Beds
Materials
Mahogany
Classical Four Poster Bed
Located in Alexandria, VA
This impressive classical bed is a beautiful example of the beds made in the West Indies in the
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19th Century Antique Four Poster Beds
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Antique Four Poster Beds For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of antique four poster beds is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and metal, all antique four poster beds available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of antique four poster beds available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Victorian, Georgian and Baroque antique four poster beds are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made antique four poster beds over the years, but those made by Ambrose Heal, Charleston and Gillows of Lancaster
London are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
Finding the Right Beds-frames for You
We find relaxation and solace in our bedrooms, which are often the most cherished rooms of a home. Your antique, new or vintage bed and bed frame are integral to this oasis of personal comfort.
Beds and bed frames have long been an important part of the sanctuary that is the bedroom. For the upper class in countries such as England, the massive, costly beds of the 16th and 17th centuries were decorative and of the poster variety. Some were characterized by large painted wooden headboards, often made of oak, that featured ornate carvings and richly colored curtains affixed to each of the two or four posts — think of today’s sumptuous upholstered headboards as a distant cousin to these luxurious furnishings. The heavy fabric curtains were drawn across a fringed canopy to close out the sunlight that might’ve warmed your grandiose and opulent bedchambers. This feature could also offer privacy as desired, because, as we all know, a bedroom is for more than just sleeping.
Coiled springs didn’t make their way into mattresses until the 1800s, which likely made for a far more comfortable night’s sleep for many. Bed frames of cast iron and brass were introduced during the mid- to late-19th century. Later, the 20th century brought with it marvelous innovations for slumberland, among them daybeds from the likes of George Nelson and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich as well as convertible sofa beds.
Today, you will find a range of beds geared toward your individual personality and preferred style of decor. When shopping for a bed and bed frame, keep in mind that you’ve got options. Sizes range from twin to California king. At 76 inches wide and 80 inches long, a king-size bed is roughly 16 inches wider than a queen-size mattress, and your bed frame will likely add two to five inches to each side. (The California king bed is 84 inches long.)
From dramatic bedroom designs to uncomplicated, minimalist approaches, the bedroom has evolved into the haven that it should be: a peaceful place of respite, where we begin and end every day. Take the time to create your very own oasis — you deserve it. Rest easy with an expansive collection of antique, new and vintage beds and bed frames available on 1stDibs.
Questions About Antique Four Poster Beds
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A bed with four posts is called a four-poster bed. Many attach to awnings called canopies. Historical records trace the beds back to the 3rd century, but they became especially popular during the Middle Ages. Find a selection of antique and vintage four-poster beds on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Across the top of older four-poster beds was a wooden rail that was called the tester. The tester often held a rail where curtains were attached that could be pulled closed. Shop a collection of four-poster beds from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Today, the point of a four-poster bed is largely stylistic. People place them in bedrooms due to their elegant decorative appearance. Historically, four-poster beds featured heavy curtains that blocked light, preserved privacy and provided warmth in the winter. You'll find a selection of four-poster beds on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022References show that in the 14th and 15th centuries, “four-post” was the correct terminology. However, today it is considered correct to say “four-poster”. You can find a range of vintage and antique four-poster beds from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The tester on a four poster bed is the canopy over the bed. It was usually made of wood and could be covered with cloth. It provided privacy and helped enclose the bed, making it easier to heat the bed area. On 1stDibs, find an array of vintage and contemporary four-poster beds.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A four poster bed features four posts, one at each corner. A canopy bed also has four posts, one at each corner, but a canopy bed is covered with a cloth of some sort. They can look similar except for the canopy on top. However, canopy posts are often built differently than four poster beds so they can accommodate the fabric. Shop a collection of four poster and canopy beds from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022You can make a four-poster bed modern in a number of ways. Try refinishing it with matte spray paint or covering the headboard with fabric or wallpaper. You can also hang fabric in contemporary prints from the frame as a canopy. You'll find a collection of four-poster beds on 1stDibs.
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