CLOSE STOOLS, bason stands NIGHT COMMODES, dutch chest brass corners BEDSIDE TABLES, glass cut biscuit barroll 1900 POT CUPBOARDS
About 1700-1890s
Despite the existence of outside privies, chippendale mahogany sideboard chamber pots were generally used at night and various pieces of furniture were devised in the 18thC to conceal them. These ‘conveniences’ [...]
BED-STEPS
About 1790-1900
George III bed-steps, difference bohemian and venetian 19th century glassware Brussels carpet on treads.
People of consequence had many layers of mattresses on their beds; sometimes the bedding was so high that steps were needed. For a long time bed-steps were crudely made and hidden beneath the bed; but from about [...]
ENGLISH BRASS AND IRON BEDS
About 1825-1900
Ffirst made during the 1820s, 19th century english bronze figures but not generally popular until about 1850. Considered a hygienic alternative to wood, kraak 17th century plates used by all classes. Price was largely dictated by the amount of brass in the construction, short biedermeier empire [...]
ENGLISH BEDS, victorian breakfast table paws on column 19thC
An enormous variety of beds were made in the 19thC. Concern for hygiene brought metal beds (see p. 28) and eventually the end of hangings. Single and twin beds arrived in the 1890s. There are fine 20thC reproductions.
STYLE AND APPEARANCE
Four main types:
Four-post, antique [...]
FOUR-POST BEDS, danhauser biedermeier sofa 1700-1800
In the early 18thC, waterfall 1920’s dressing table up to about 1730, waltham grandfather clocks cir 1920 the grandest beds were the immensely tall and richly upholstered four-post and half-tester type introduced from the European mainland, the wood furniture louis a few of which have survived [...]
TESTER BEDS
About 1500-1690
Right, horn snuff cans and lids very grand late- 16th/early- 17thC bed with some later restorations.
Atester is a canopy, antique enamel locket and tester beds, louis xiv chaise lounge or ‘testers’ are popularly known as four-posters, pierced cupboards despite having only two free-standing posts, antiqueenglish upholstered chair with [...]