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Kindel Furniture Winterthur Collection Georgian Mahogany King Size Tester Bed
By Kindel Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding four poster king size tester or canopy bed
By Kindel Furniture, "Winterthur
Category
Late 20th Century American Georgian Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Brass
American Empire Flame Mahogany Quervelle School Tester Bed, circa 1840
By Anthony Quervelle
Located in Big Flats, NY
An American Empire Quervelle school tester poster bed offers flame mahogany construction with
Category
Antique 19th Century American American Empire Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Sheraton Carved Mahogany Full Tester Bed, Full/Double, circa 1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Sheraton full tester double bed features four posts carved with pineapple and foliate
Category
Antique 19th Century American Sheraton Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
A George III Mahogany
Painted Four-Post Tester Bed, ca. 1790
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Fine George III Mahogany and Painted Four-Post Tester Bedstead, originating in England during the
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Sheraton Style High Poster Mahogany Canopy Twin Tester Beds
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in Savannah, GA
This handsome pair of high poster canopy mahogany twin single bed frames are of the Sheraton style
Category
Vintage 1930s American Sheraton Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Brass
New York Four Poster Mahogany Bed
Located in Charleston, SC
American Queen sized mahogany four poster tester bed with carved acanthus leaf and reeded post. New
Category
Antique 19th Century Beds and Bed Frames
19th Century mahogany half taster bed
Located in Martlesham, GB
A lovely quality 19th Century mahogany half taster bed, the King size half tester bed having a
Category
Antique 1860s British Victorian Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
Crown Architectural Fragment
Located in Houston, TX
on its own or utilize above a child's tester bed as a drapery crown.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Bed Coronas
Materials
Wood
Bed, Tester, Double, 17th Century, Tuscan, Baroque, Walnut, Turned
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
master paintings. This bed is from their Genoese villa, perched above the dramatic Ligurian coast. The
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Gothic Victorian Style Carved Mahogany Half Tester Queen Size Canopy Bed
Located in Dayton, OH
Contemporary Carved Mahogany Half Tester Queen Size Bed, last quarter 20th c. Features serpentine
Category
Late 20th Century Gothic Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Style Carved Mahogany Full Size Poster Bed w Tester, Late 19th Century
Located in Southampton, NY
Georgian Style Carved mahogany Full Size Poster Bed with Tester, Late 19th Century.
A beautiful
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Georgian Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
An Arts
Crafts Cast Brass Half Tester Double Bed with Stylised Floral Details
Located in London, GB
An Arts and Crafts lacquered cast brass half tester double bedstead, with stylised plant and floral
Category
20th Century English Arts and Crafts Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Brass
17TH CENTURY JACOBEAN WILLIAM III CIRCA 1650 ENGLiSH OAK TESTER FOUR POSTER BED
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
circa 1650 William III hand carved Jacobean Tester four poster bed frame with exquisite carvings to the
Category
Antique 1650s English Jacobean Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Oak
English Black and Gilt King-Sized Tester Bedstead
Located in New York, NY
Painted overall with gilt scrolling floral and foliate decoration on a black ground; the arched canopy supported by four fluted bedposts headed by scrolling capitals; with serpentine...
Category
Late 20th Century English Regency Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Wood
American Federal Mahogany Barley Twist
Foliage Four Poster Bed NY, Circa 1815
Located in Charleston, SC
American Federal mahogany four poster tester / finial bed with a carved book matched headboard
Category
Antique 1810s American Federal Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Brass
King Size 4-Poster Sheraton Bed with Carved Posts, Phyfe School, c. 1815
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
simple tester for the king bed, which may or may not be used depending on customer's taste & needs. Refer
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Sheraton Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
Two Crewel Panels, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
tester bed drapery, in later gilt frames, with restorations.
One panel centred by an emperor seated in
Category
Antique 19th Century British William and Mary Tapestries
Materials
Silk
19th Century Mahogany Miniature Bed with Arched Tester Top
Located in Charleston, SC
English miniature bed with mahogany tester top with tapered reeded leg and pierced headboard
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Great Britain (UK) Children s Furniture
Tester or Four Poster Double Bed, Early to Mid-17th Century, German Baroque, Oak
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
twist turnings. There are iron hooks for hanging throughout.
Bed components
• Oak tester
• Full
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Baroque Furniture
Materials
Oak
Strongbox, Safe, Late 16th Century, Nuremberg, Iron, Naïve, Painted, Oak Stand
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Bedchamber, illustrates a similar strongbox in formal bedroom with an oak tester bed in a Tudor house.
Category
Antique 16th Century European Elizabethan Furniture
Materials
Iron
Victorian Mahogany Half Tester Bed
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Victorian Mahogany half tester bed with well figured arched footboard and upholstered headboard
Category
Antique 1880s Victorian Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
Aluminum Canopy, Tester Bed
By Milo Baughman, Paul Mayen
Located in New York, NY
Interesting solid aluminum canopy, or tester, twin size bed. Stylish design after Baughman, Mayen
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Federal Style Carved Mahogany Canopy Queen Size Tester Bed, 20th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
A vintage Federal style queen size tester bed offers deeply striated mahogany construction with
Category
20th Century American Federal Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Style Carved and Painted Four Poster Tester Bed with Palm Fronds, King
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This wonderful regency style carved and painted four poster tester bed with carved palm fronds on
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Wood, Paint
17th Century English Style Panelled Mahogany Four-Poster Tester Bed
Located in Glasgow, GB
A handsome 17th century style dark mahogany four-poster tester bed with a fielded panelled cornice
Category
20th Century English Jacobean Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Hardwood
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
Category
Antique 19th Century American Federal Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Maple
Bed Dog Sample Dolls Tester 4 Poster Upholstered Antiquarian Jacobean Style Oak
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
• Rare diminutive, Antiquarian, oak, tester or 4 poster, upholstered bed in the Baroque-style
Category
Vintage 1950s British Baroque Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Velvet, Oak
Vintage Neoclassical Modern Gold Leaf King Size Poster Bed Lattice Tester Canopy
Located in Dayton, OH
ribboned posts with acorn finials. The Canopy or Tester can be removed to be used as a poster bed
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Iron, Gold Leaf
Curtains Bed Crewelwork Embroidered Brown Red Green Blue
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
of furniture in the home, a tester bed
- These embroidered hangings have a characterful naïve charm
Category
Antique 1880s Indian Baroque Revival Curtains and Valances
Materials
Wool
American Federal Four Post Maple Bed
Located in Huntington, NY
Boxspring. Each post with mounting bolts & brass bed bolt covers. Also with tester frame & brass finials
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Federal Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Maple
19th Century Continental Iron Tester Bed
Located in Atlanta, GA
Continental Brass-Mounted, Polychromed and Gilt-Stenciled Iron Tester bed with ebonized posts with
Category
Antique 19th Century English Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Wrought Iron, Brass
Blue Verdigris Half Tester Bed, M4P28
Located in Wrexham, GB
5ft wide attractive cast iron half tester bed finished in blue Verdigris.
The price includes a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Iron
Half Tester Bed in Mahogany, WK111
Located in Wrexham, GB
Magnificent mahogany Victorian half tester bed with arched foot panel and serpentine canopy.
The
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
17th Century English Joined Tester Bed
Located in Atlanta, GA
The early tester beds were just a wooden frame to hold the wonderful draperies and decorative
Category
Antique 17th Century English Elizabethan Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Oak
Gold Double Half Tester Bed - M4P22
Located in Wrexham, GB
A cast iron half tester bed from the mid-Victorian era finished in gold with decorative brass
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
Painted Cast Iron Half Tester Bed M4P34
Located in Wrexham, GB
This superb original mid-Victorian cast iron half tester bed has the original floral painted
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Iron
Mid-Victorian Iron Half Tester Bed
Located in Wrexham, GB
A fine example of a cast iron half tester bed in its original condition. The ornate iron work on
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Iron, Steel
Iron Tester Bed
Located in New Orleans, LA
This wrought-iron bed retains very decorative worn, original paint. It is campaign style, meaning
Category
Early 20th Century Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Wrought Iron
$2,900
Mid-Victorian Cast Iron Half Tester Bed - MHT1
Located in Wrexham, GB
A fine example of a cast iron half tester bed finished in white. The ornate iron work on the panel
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Brass, Iron, Steel
Queen Size Tester Bed
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th century bed modified to fit standard queen mattress.
Category
Antique 19th Century Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Iron
$5,400
Queen Size Tester Bed
Located in New Orleans, LA
Queen size Bed made from painted 19th century columns & iron; assembled with faux painted new parts
Category
Antique 19th Century French Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Iron
$12,000
Mid-Victorian Cast Iron Half Tester Bed - MHT2
Located in Wrexham, GB
A superb and rare example of a mid-Victorian half tester bed in original condition. The tapered
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Brass, Iron, Steel
Unusual Antique Victorian Miniature Oak Half Tester Bed
Located in Stutton, GB
Unusual antique victorian miniature oak half tester bed
All original lovely color and condition
9
Category
Antique 19th Century European Victorian Architectural Models
Materials
Oak
Victorian Mahogany Half Tester Bed
Located in Wrexham, GB
A magnificent Victorian mahogany half tester bedstead with shaped foot panel and tall canopy. The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Brass Tester Bed
Located in New Orleans, LA
Very unusual bed, fits a full size mattress.
Inside measures: L - 74 1/2" x W - 55"
Category
Antique 19th Century French Beds and Bed Frames
Iron King Size Tester Bed
Located in New Orleans, LA
This iron bed from the 1800's was extended into a king size. It retains its very attractive old
Category
Antique 19th Century Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Iron
Brass
Iron Half Tester Bed, M4P39
Located in Wrexham, GB
Beautifully painted Victorian half tester bedstead in our hand painted blue verdigris with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Brass, Iron
Carved Mahogany Tall Post Tester Bed
Located in Great Barrington, MA
An unusually fine quality "campaign or camp" bed undoubtedly made for a very wealthy officer with
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Brass
Tiger Maple Federal Period Tester Bed
Located in Great Barrington, MA
are no side rails or tester frame.
Supposedly from a house in Colebrook, Conn. Make it any
Category
Antique 19th Century American Beds and Bed Frames
A Repousse Gilt Tester Bed with Crown
Located in New Orleans, LA
Napolean III tole and mother of pearl decorated cast iron bed with a pagoda style canopy with gilt
Category
Antique 19th Century French Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Iron, Metal
Sheraton Tester Bed Mahogany Headboard, Possibly Philadelphia, circa 1810
Located in Providence, RI
. This bed retains its original tester--which is often lost--and is set up for use with a box spring
Category
Antique 19th Century American Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
A Finely Carved Anglo-Indian Ebonized Mahogany Tester Bed
Located in Long Island City, NY
The bed carved throughout with floral and foliate motifs. The fabric/drapes is Rogers & Goffigon.
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Beds and Bed Frames
Four Poster Bed Tester Bed Antique 17th Century Style, England, 1940s
Located in Vancouver, BC
Impressive 17th century style double four poster bed tester oak bed
England, 1940s
Solid oak
Category
Vintage 1940s English Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Oak
Cast Iron Half Tester Antique Bed finished in Blue Verdigris, M4P46
Located in Wrexham, GB
A 5ft wide cast iron antique half tester bed with half-round canopy supported by tall back posts
Category
Antique 1880s Victorian Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Brass, Iron
A George III Satinwood Bed
Located in New York, NY
A George III tester bed, the beautifully figured satinwood frame with a molded arched cornice, and
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Satinwood
$75,000
The Heron Bed
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
The Heron Bed, a magnificent mahogany Half Tester Bed, attributed to Blanes of Liverpool and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Beds and Bed Frames
$63,135
half tester press bed
Located in Hudson, NY
birch half tester press bed from the north shore of Boston, MA
old refinished - retains some
Category
Antique 19th Century American Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Birch
$3,700
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Tester Bed For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal tester bed for your home. Each tester bed for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and metal. If you’re shopping for a tester bed, we have 130 options in-stock, while there are 4 modern editions to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a tester bed — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A tester bed is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian, Georgian and neoclassical styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made tester bed over the years, but those crafted by Baker Furniture Company, Bunny Williams Home and Gantt Design Studio 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 Tester Bed
- 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.
- What does half-tester bed mean?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A half-tester bed means that the bed features a half a canopy above it. This half-tester may be used to suspend curtains that could help provide more privacy and retain more warmth around the head of the bed. Shop 1stDibs for a collection of beds featuring half-testers.
- What is a tester bed?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021Also known as a canopy bed, a tester bed is supported with a headboard and two posts. A tester bed usually features a full-sized suspended canopy with curtains on the top, back and sides. Shop a collection of antique, vintage and contemporary tester beds from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
- What is a half tester bed?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021A half tester bed is a low-foot bed — which means there is no footboard and it won’t look as imposing in your bedroom, particularly if space is a concern. A half tester bed’s canopy only covers the headboard. It is known as a “half” tester bed because the canopy extends only to half the length of the bed. Shop a collection of antique, vintage and contemporary half tester beds from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
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