19th Century Mallard American Rococo Walnut Queen With William and Mary Accents
By Prudent Mallard
Located in Germantown, MD
An American Victorian Rococo Revival carved Walnut bedstead, mid-19th century, attributed to Prudent Mallard, New Orleans.
Walnut, Hardwood
John Kapel Queen Headboard for Glenn of California
By John Kapel, Glenn of California
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Queen size headboard by John Kapel for Glenn of California c.1960s, USA. The walnut headboard features three wood panels with black detailing on each side of the panels. Dimensions ...
Walnut
Midcentury Headboard with Storage by Drexel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Nice midcentury headboard by Drexel. Two sliding doors on the headboard with storage space. Signature Drexel pulls. Please confirm item location with dealer (NJ or NY). Footboard/...
Walnut
Phillip Lloyd Powell and Paul Evans Queen Headboard
By Phillip Lloyd Powell, Paul Evans
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Queen size headboard by American designers Phillip Lloyd Powell and Paul Evans c.1960s, USA. The headboard features two live edge walnut vertical planks with the famous Paul Evans gi...
Iron
Vintage Lane “Mosaics” Brutalist Wood Queen Headboard
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Designed and manufactured by Lane Furniture during the mid-20th century, this iconic "Mosaics" collection queen headboard is a masterclass in Brutalist architectural woodworking.
Walnut
61"x4x81" Century Furn. Charles Mackintosh Willow Tree Style Headboard
By Century Furniture
Located in Pasadena, TX
This queen size headboard is made by Century Furniture Company. It's constructed of walnut and has an Edinburgh Finish. The headboard is designed after Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Wi...
Walnut
Vintage MCM Founders Fluted Ebony King Headboard
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The headboard measures a substantial 80 inches wide, 1.5 inches deep, and stands 39 inches tall, accommodating a King-sized bed perfectly. Integrate this iconic piece of mid-century ...
Walnut, Paint
Full Size Headboard by Kent Coffey
By Kent-Coffey
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-century modern headboard by Kent Coffey for their 'Brasilia' series. Features their signature bent rosewood arches. Please confirm item location NY or NJ
Walnut
Queen Headboard by American of Martinsville
By American of Martinsville
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This queen size headboard by Martinsville features a cutout design in warm walnut wood grain. Please confirm location NY or NJ
Walnut
$2,128Sale Price / set|24% Off
George Nelson for Herman Miller Twin Headboards w Hidden Storage, 1950s, Signed
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An early-production pair of twin headboards designed by George Nelson for Herman Miller, featuring a clever hidden storage compartment that opens to reveal an internal storage with s...
Fabric, Walnut
MCM Drexel Declaration Full Size Headboard by Kipp Stewart & Stewart MacDougall
By Kipp Stewart & Stewart MacDougall, Drexel
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome vintage MCM or Mid-Century Modern Drexel Declaration full size walnut headboard by Kipp Stewart & Stewart MacDougall. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vinta...
Walnut
$1,624Sale Price / set|32% Off
George Nelson for Herman Miller Twin Headboards w Hidden Storage, 1950s, Signed
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An early-production pair of twin headboards designed by George Nelson for Herman Miller, featuring a clever hidden storage compartment that opens to reveal an internal storage with s...
Walnut, Fabric
Full Size Headboard
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury walnut and black wood headboard. (Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - with dealer).
Walnut
Gio Ponti Headboard from Hotel Royal, Napoli
By Gio Ponti, Giordano Chiesa
Located in Hanover, MA
A single wall mounted headboard with floating two-tiered nightstand shelves, designed by Gio Ponti in 1955 for the Hotel Royal in Naples. Produced by Giordano Chiesa. Walnut. Ligh...
Walnut
Gio Ponti, pair flamed wood Headboard, fitted bedside tables, Hotel Royal, 1955
By Gio Ponti, Giordano Chiesa
Located in Rome, IT
A pair of headboards by Gio Ponti from the furniture of the Hotel Royal in Naples, 1955. Manufactured by Giordano Chiesa by Dassi. flamed walnut, finish mahogany and metal two tiere...
Metal
Stanley Furniture "Theme II" Line, Midcentury Sculptural King Size Headboard
By Stanley Furniture
Located in St. Louis, MO
In the style of Erwin Hauer Continua series, sculptural interlocking geometric form king size headboard in original medium pecan finish. The sculptural interlocking hourglass forms a...
Composition
$2,760Sale Price / set|20% Off
Handsome Pair Thomasville Passport Campaign Night Stands Queen Headboard
By Thomasville
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Handsome pair of Thomasville Passport campaign style night stands with their matching queen size headboard. Solid, heavy, high quality wood and very well crafted. Dovetail drawers gl...
Walnut
MidCentury Full Headboard Storage Bookcase
By Dixie
Located in Baltimore, MD
Mid Century Walnut Full Bed Headboard manufactured by Dixie circa 1960’s, in nearly pristine condition.
Walnut
$1,836Sale Price|20% Off
John Stuart Mount Airy Walnut King Bed Headboard, Mid-Century Modern
By Mount Airy Furniture Company, John Stuart Inc.
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This is more than a bed accessory—it’s a sculptural anchorpiece. It summons the refined legacy of mid-century modernism via the John Stuart–Mount Airy collaboration while asserting g...
Walnut, Burl, Teak
$1,600 / set
Mid-Century Modern Walnut Nightstands
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A classic pair of vintage walnut nightstands offering the perfect combination of style, functionality, and timeless mid-century character.
Wood, Walnut
Cantù Baby Bed Cot in Burl Walnut, Walnut & Carved Maple Paolo Buffa attributed
By La Permanente Mobili Cantù, Paolo Buffa
Located in Vigonza, Padua
20th century neoclassic eclectic baby bed or baby cot, in burl walnut, walnut and carved maple, by Permanente Mobili Cantù , Palazzi Dell'Arte, Paolo Buffa & Cassi Ramelli attributed...
Maple, Walnut, Burl
Lawson-Fenning Mesa Sleeper Sofa, Corduroy with Walnut Base, Modern Sofa Bed
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Mesa Sleeper Sofa is our first convertible sofa. Fully upholstered with a walnut or oak plinth base, it easily converts into a queen-sized bed, making it ideal for guests and sma...
Walnut, Upholstery
Vintage Italian Modern Walnut Divan Sofa Bed Attributed to Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sculptural sofa/divan bed/sofa bed attributed to Paolo Buffa (Italy, ca. late 1940s/early 1950s). Composed of a straight rail back connecting elegantly curved arms above x-form slats...
Leather, Upholstery, Wood, Walnut
Mid Century Modern Vintage Walnut Green Glass Nightstands Pair Duo Italy 1940s
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage pair of sculptural nightstands or small chests from walnut, beech and plywood, which were designed and executed Italy 1940s.
Glass, Walnut
$3,127Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Love Seat, English, Walnut, Duet Bench, Dog Bed, Small Settee, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique love seat. An English, walnut and textile duet bench or dog bed, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1840. Beautifully presented seat, with appealing up...
Textile, Walnut
$1,765Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Armchair in Green Walnut in 1940 Silk Flowers Orient Turns Into a Bed
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian Armchair in Green Walnut in 1940 Silk Flowers Orient Turns Into a Bed. Detail of Armchairs from around 1940, made of walnut, turns into a single bed, very particular and stu...
Silk, Velvet, Walnut
$8,026Sale Price / item|20% Off
21st Century Lisi Bed Velvet Walnut Wood Brass Handmade in Portugal by Ottiu
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
Inspired by the Hollywood Golden Era vibes, Ottiu designers conceived the Mid-Century Modern Lisi bed. Structured in walnut wood, its curved headboard is dressed up in a smooth paste...
Brass
Pair of Italian Art Deco Night Stands Bed Side Tables in Burl Walnut
Located in Carimate, Como
Elegant and refined pair of Italian 1940s Art Deco bedside tables with great design shape and detail of every part and beautiful decors with the black glass top and the framed wood a...
Brass
Pair of Italian Antique Walnut Burl and Portoro Marble Night Stands Bed Tables
Located in Carimate, Como
Pair of lovely antique Italian night stands or side tables with greatly carved doors and drawers and Portoro marble top. Portoro is a high-quality black marble, where the vast crysta...
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Italian Art Deco Night Stands Bed Tables in Burl Walnut Black Marble Top
By Gio Ponti, Melchiorre Bega, Dassi, Ico & Luisa Parisi
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant and refined pair of Italian 1940s Art Deco bedside tables with great design shape and decors in veneer burl walnut briar wood, front door and drawer with black marble to...
Marble, Brass
$27,483Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage 1950s Walnut Bedroom Set in the style of Borsani
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Manzano, IT
Authentic Mid-Century Masterpiece: Luxurious Walnut Veneer Bed: The bed is expertly crafted in wood and finished with a rich walnut veneer (radica di noce).
Wood
We find relaxation and solace in our bedrooms, which are often the most cherished rooms of a home. Your antique, new or vintage bed and bed frame are integral to this oasis of personal comfort.
Beds and bed frames have long been an important part of the sanctuary that is the bedroom. For the upper class in countries such as England, the massive, costly beds of the 16th and 17th centuries were decorative and of the poster variety. Some were characterized by large painted wooden headboards, often made of oak, that featured ornate carvings and richly colored curtains affixed to each of the two or four posts — think of today’s sumptuous upholstered headboards as a distant cousin to these luxurious furnishings. The heavy fabric curtains were drawn across a fringed canopy to close out the sunlight that might’ve warmed your grandiose and opulent bedchambers. This feature could also offer privacy as desired, because, as we all know, a bedroom is for more than just sleeping.
Coiled springs didn’t make their way into mattresses until the 1800s, which likely made for a far more comfortable night’s sleep for many. Bed frames of cast iron and brass were introduced during the mid- to late-19th century. Later, the 20th century brought with it marvelous innovations for slumberland, among them daybeds from the likes of George Nelson and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich as well as convertible sofa beds.
Today, you will find a range of beds geared toward your individual personality and preferred style of decor. When shopping for a bed and bed frame, keep in mind that you’ve got options. Sizes range from twin to California king. At 76 inches wide and 80 inches long, a king-size bed is roughly 16 inches wider than a queen-size mattress, and your bed frame will likely add two to five inches to each side. (The California king bed is 84 inches long.)
From dramatic bedroom designs to uncomplicated, minimalist approaches, the bedroom has evolved into the haven that it should be: a peaceful place of respite, where we begin and end every day. Take the time to create your very own oasis — you deserve it. Rest easy with an expansive collection of antique, new and vintage beds and bed frames available on 1stDibs.
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