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What are the knobs on a bed post called?

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What are the knobs on a bed post called?
The knobs on a bedpost are called finials or hip-knobs. They are made of many materials, including metals, glass or wood. You’ll find a wide collection of vintage and contemporary finials from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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80's Interflex, Bed, Post-Modern Style
By Interflex
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Bed designed in the 1980s by Giovanni Ronzoni for Interflex. The bed's jagged headboard colored with this bright blue clearly demonstrates its intent to belong to the colorful experi...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Adam Style Beds and Bed Frames

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Metal

Antiqued White Mahogany Four Poster Bed with Reeded Posts and Carved Headboard
Located in Tiverton, RI
The Desiree is a masterclass in craft with ornately carved and reeded bed posts available with and without a canopy. The front rail is scalloped to mimic the headboard profile.
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21st Century and Contemporary American American Classical Beds and Bed F...

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Wood

Colonial Style Twin Bed Frame
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Colonial style twin bed frame made of maple. Turned baluster bed posts are topped with cannon ball finials, and support slightly scrolled head and foot boards.
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Late 20th Century American British Colonial Beds and Bed Frames

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Maple

Queen Hale Navy Painted Maple Cannonball Four Poster Bed with Flat Headboard
Located in Tiverton, RI
The Classic cannonball bed features the favorite round ball top bed posts with a merry cut-out flat headboard.
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21st Century and Contemporary American American Classical Beds and Bed F...

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Wood

Hand Crafted Walnut and Maple Dansk Bed
By Chris Earl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handmade in Los Angeles, California. Bed frame available in King or Queen. Headboard / Bed frame as shown in walnut with contrasting maple bed posts.
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Brass

American Classical Bobbin Turned Fruitwood Spindle Bed
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive American classical spindle bed crafted from fruitwood. The bed features exaggerated tall bobbin or spool turned bed posts that give the bed a dramatic profile.
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20th Century American American Classical Beds and Bed Frames

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Fruitwood

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