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What is the bed with four posts called?
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A bed with four posts is called a four-poster bed. Many attach to awnings called canopies. Historical records trace the beds back to the 3rd century, but they became especially popular during the Middle Ages. Find a selection of antique and vintage four-poster beds on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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Shop for Antique Four Poster Beds on 1stDibs
Anglo-Indian Four Poster Bed
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Wonderful early 20th C Anglo-Indian Colonial four poster bed. Really good colour and nicely carved. 1920
Mattress area 162cm x 184cm
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Early 20th Century Indian Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Teak
Noble Wood four-poster bed - 18th century
Located in Porto, PT
Four-poster bed in Noble Wood - 18th century. Portuguese, 18th century; made of carved and turned Noble Wood; depicting floral motifs.
Category
Antique 18th Century Portuguese Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Wood
Empire-style four-poster bed - 19th century
Located in Porto, PT
Empire-style four-poster bed - 19th century. Portuguese, 19th century; made of mahogany wood with gilded bronze appliqués and classical figures.
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Antique 19th Century Portuguese Empire Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Wood
Antique Four Poster Bed
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine late 18th Century large Dutch four-poster bed with exceptional posts and ealy 19th century Italian carved giltwood swans.
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Antique 18th Century Dutch Neoclassical Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
$19,273
19th Century mahogany dog four poster bed
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th Century carved mahogany four poster bed for a dog or doll, the canopy having a gadrooned moulded edge supported on four turned and fluted tapering columns, having a headboard an...
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Antique 1890s British Georgian Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
English Chippendale Mahogany Four-Poster Bed, Circa 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale mahogany and deil four-poster bed with decorative bulbous, fluted and acanthus carved post, terminating on squared plinths with Marlboro feet.
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