Barbados Mahogany Four Poster Sunburst Tester Bed. Circa 1820

American Empire-style (Probably 19th Century) mahogany four poster twin size bed with acorn finials to the spiral reeded uprights & paw footed foo...

A wonderful Mahogany Queen Size Four Poster Bed. A high quality Four Poster Mahogany Queen Size Bed with Hand Carved Flame Finial Posts. Each po...

A beautiful King Size Mahogany Four Poster Bed. A high quality King Size Bed with Hand Carved Flame Finial Posts. Each post unfastens with metal fas...

A good pair of antique 18th century French Provincial cherry four post tester beds, circa 1780. This very near identical pair of antique French four poster beds, both are full tester beds...

19th Century carved mahogany four poster bed for a dog or doll, the canopy having a gadrooned moulded edge supported on four turned and fluted tapering columns, having a headboard an...

Period Antique Federal American 4 poster bed in West Indies mahogany, c. 1820. A fine example of a Southern bed featuring carved tobacco and acanthus leaves in a fine tight grained C...

A fine late 18th Century large Dutch four-poster bed with exceptional posts and ealy 19th century Italian carved giltwood swans. The posts with well carved elements: neoclassical urns, capitals, carved turnings and vase sections; their most attractive part is the boxwood and mahogany lined inlay which we haven't seen on English 18th beds. In addition, unusally, the rails are designed to be seen and made in mahogany and framed with carved and plain astragal beads. Good sturdy construction, fixed together with steel bolts and will dismantle for shipping. Needs new drapery hangings and the white fabric around the end posts & headboard should be cleaned or replaced. For the new mattress, we would recommend a box spring mattress with a well (height is saved with part of the box mattress fitting between the rails) and a second mattress on top. But you could also fit lathes and just have the top mattress with cut out corners to fit around the posts: norris bedding custom make such mattresses. This bed originally had fabric around the top but for an additional cost we could make a wooden cornice...

A tester bed, also known as a four-poster bed, is a bed with four vertical columns supporting a rectangular panel (the "tester") at the top, often with rails to allow curtains to be draped around the bed. This magnificent American Rococo Revival tester bed features crotch grain mahogany headboard with scroll top. The elegantly carved acanthus leaf posts are topped with an egg configuration (the signature of Prudent Mallard furniture...

This lavish American oak and walnut tester bed exhibits superior craftsmanship and detail. The design is embellished by elaborate carving throughout ...

This lavish American tester bed exhibits superior craftsmanship and detail. The design is embellished with elaborate carvings on the headboard and sides. Th...