Single bed
Heal and Sons
Category
Brassware
Date
1870 - 1900
Materials
Brass, Textile
Measurements
927 mm (W)2000 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
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Standen House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 1214239.2
Summary
One of a pair of single brass bedsteads including mattresses. The head and foot sections of each bed are made of tubular brass, each section following an identical pattern of two bedposts with ball finials which support three horizontal and seven vertical stays. The beds are on castors. Each has a spring mattress on a base made of spaced metal strips. Original to the house.
Marks and inscriptions
Heal and Sons, 195-198,Tottenham Court Road, London
Makers and roles
Heal and Sons, manufacturer