Summary:

• Item: Pair of Single Beds
• Circa: 1890
• Provenance: England, UK
• Wood: Solid oak
• Arts & Crafts influence
• UK Small Single Size mattress (3ft wide x 6ft 3” long)
• External bed frame dimensions: 3ft 0⅞” wide x by 6ft 10½” long
• Carved horizontal rails
• Twin-panel headboard
• Floral carved inset panels
• Turned & carved twist posts
• Matching footboard design
• Vono cast iron brackets
• Steel angle irons
• Removable wooden slats (splits into two sections)
• Dismantles into sections for easy access & transportation
• Free delivery to England, Wales & southern Scotland*
• 14-day Free UK returns policy

Description:

This is a fine quality antique English Victorian Ars & Crafts carved solid oak pair of single beds, circa 1890, in excellent condition.  This bed fits a standard UK single size mattress (3ft” wide x 6ft 3” long) and the mattress can be either situated on the wooden slats, or on a sprung box base if preferred – the beds are supplied with wooden slats only.  The design of the bed takes is influenced from the Arts & Crafts period, with a floral carved sectional top rail, floral carved twin inset head panels below, flanked by elegant twist posts terminating on block legs.  The design is repeated on the footboards.  The pair of single beds retains its original “Vono” cast angle iron brackets, which are used to support the steel angle irons.  The angle irons are united with four bolts, to secure the bed frame.

They dismantle for easy transportation. The wooden slats separate into two sections and we can supply good quality new mattresses if required.

The pair of single beds retains the original polish, which is why the beds boast a rich oak patination & colour.  It is impossible to re-create this colour if the bed had been stripped and re-polished.  The pair of Arts & Crafts beds would look stunning in either a contemporary or traditional setting.

The Arts & Crafts Movement:

The Arts and Crafts movement was an international trend in the decorative and fine arts that developed earliest and most fully in the British Isles and subsequently spread across the British Empire and to the rest of Europe and America.  Initiated in reaction against the perceived impoverishment of the decorative arts and the conditions in which they were produced, the movement flourished in Europe and North America between about 1880 and 1920. It is the root of the Modern Style, the British expression of what later came to be called the Art Nouveau movement, which it strongly influenced.  Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_movement

Further information can be found about Arts & Crafts furniture by clicking on the following link: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/arts-and-crafts-an-introduction

Condition Report:

This is a fine quality antique English Victorian Ars & Crafts carved solid oak pair of single beds, circa 1890, in excellent condition.  Nominal old use marks to the leading edges and bed frames but nothing significant considering the age of them.  The pair of single beds has been cleaned and wax-polished in our workshop, therefore the colour and patination are of an excellent standard.  This pair of oak Arts & Crafts single beds are solid in joint and is ready to use.

Dimensions:

External Height (Headboard Finial) = 124cm / 48¾” / 4ft 0¾”
Height (Headboard Flat Section) = 114.5cm / 45” / 3ft 9”
External Length = 209.5cm / 82½” / 6ft 10½”
External Width = 93.5cm / 36⅞” / 3ft 0⅞”
Side Rail Height (including wooden slats) = 29cm / 11⅜”
Side Rail Depth (Angle Irons) = 4cm / 1½”

Mattress Dimensions:
Mattress Length (Max) = 194cm / 76⅜” / 6ft 4⅜”
Mattress Width (Slats) = 91.5cm / 36” / 3ft

The beds are designed to fiat a standard UK single size mattress (3ft wide by 6ft 3” long).

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