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 1214249.1
Summary
One of two single brass bedsteads including mattresses. The head and foot sections are made of tubular brass. The head section has two bedposts, with ball finials, which support three vertical stays between two top and one lower horizontal rail. The bed is on castors, has a spring mattress on a base made of spaced metal strips.
Marks and inscriptions
'Heal and Sons, 195-198 Tottenham Court Road, London'
Makers and roles
Heal and Sons, manufacturer