19th Century Beds and Bed Frames

Organic wood day bed

French Louis XVI-style full size mahogany bed with extensive marquetry inlay with ribbon pattern and bronze trim (includes: headboard, footboard, rails).

2 Italian Venetian-style (19th Century) green and gold painted single size bed (Includes: headboard, footboard, rails) (PRICED EACH).

This fantastic 19thc original red painted trendle or children's rope bed is in fine condition with all the original hardware and iron casters for moving around or cleaning underneath the bed. The custom made 19thc rag rug cushion or mattress has a zipper for removing for cleaning. It also comes with a rolled bolster pillow. Some folks like to use these beds for dogs...

Handmade French country bed with matching night stand made from pine and beechwood. If you like this bedroom set, as much as we do then you will l...

Rustic gray painted headboard.  

Antique Herts Brothers brass satinwood inlay Edwardian mahogany queen size bed headboard. Item features brass and satinwood scrollwork inlay, b...

A striking Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. upholstered and giltwood headboard. The headboard displays an impressive and most decorative carved giltwood top crown. The top cro...

19th Century Gustavian Daybed: Gustavian daybed is a type of seating furniture that was popular in Sweden during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is characterized by its s...

Exceptional large massive hand carved and hand painted decorative element which was placed over a grand fireplace more than 150 years ago. There were no restorations so far and it is...

Antique and unique Black Forest style crib with animal sculptures. With 1stdibs being 'home to the most beautiful things on earth', for us, there is only one place to offer this uni...

Stunning pair of tole metal bed frames, with lovely patina and wonderful scenic paintings. All original with the exception of a few cross braces. Head and footboards have scenic meda...

Baroque style headboard, made in the late 19th century with carved representations of saints, birth and virgin.

Antique French Ormolu mounted mahogany bed, circa 1860-1880 Measurements: Headboard: 56 inches high x 66 inches wide Exterior Dimensions: 84 inches long x 65 inches wide Interio...

American Empire-style (Probably 19th Century) mahogany four poster twin size bed with acorn finials to the spiral reeded uprights & paw footed foo...

Cast iron antique bed, finished in blue verdigris with decorative castings, gallery rail and brass knobs. This bed accepts a double size 4ft 6in wide (54 inch or 135cm) base and mattress. The price includes a FIRM standard bed...

Custom King size Belgium linen tufted headboard. The headboard is crowned with beautiful scrolled ironwork depicting flowers. Antique brass nailhead trim...

19th century exquisite queen size beautifully hand carved bed frame in the elegant Louis XVI style. The headboard and footboard frames are raised on si...

American Victorian-style brass full size bed of open spindle design and celadon colored button upholstered (includes: headboard, footboard, rails).

We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare Circa 1840-1860 hand carved walnut Italian daybed with cherub putti decoration and chesterfield tufting What a find! Thi...

This classical four-poster bed was made in Charleston, South Carolina, in the first quarter of the 19th century. This piece features carving on the foot posts in the form of reeded palm columns...

19th Century Exceptional baroque Louis XV style bed in walnut carved for babies Louis XV style bed in Provençal walnut richly carved and engraved XIXth century decorated with acanthu...

French Louis XVI-style full size mahogany bed with gilt bronze ormolu mounts & marquetry inlay (includes: headboard, footboard, rails).

Beautiful antique empire bed 1800s in precious solid walnut wood. The bed is very linear with ebonized decorations. Restoration is recommended to lo...

French Art Nouveau maple full size headboard having a carved and filigree floral and vine design carved edge framing a dark stained panel with a floral swag carved relief (includes h...

A Majestic Louis-Philippe Giltwood and Gilt Composition King Size Bed, after a model by Francois-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter, the outwardly curved headboard flanked by two open-wi...

Very elegant giltwood and hand-carved bedhead with silk upholstery in light beige. France

Circa 1880 19thC French Ebonised Faux Bamboo Matching Bedroom Suite. Acquired from the original family owner in the South of France Measures: Bed W205 x D140 x H120 cm Bedside Cabinet W38 x D38 x H83 cm Marble Wash Stand...

Superb craftsmanship and elegant adornment details characterize these exceptional hand carved matching pair of mahogany wood single beds with superior craftsmanship design details. E...

Pair of French Art Nouveau iron twin beds with green patina and decorated tole trim with pearl inlay (includes: headboard and footboard only does not in...

Majestic important antique double bed, wax-polished. Bed by the School of Arts in Monza, 19th century, in hand carved walnut Measures in cm: H 144\8...

Empire fruitwood alcove bed with ebonized carved wood caryatid heads, feet and two pairs of urns.

French Empire-style (19/20th Century) mahogany queen size bed with gilt bronze trim and upholstered panel on headboard (includes: headboard, fo...

A real cute baby crib or perfect for a dog.

Beautiful Italian Louis XVI carved walnut bed. The bed is very linear with delicate carving in classic style. Precious small frames on the edges made of golden brass. Interior colored with yellow enamel which can be removed. Internal measures cm 200 x 122 inch 78,7402 x 48,0315 The antique bed have been used in need of restoration as you can see from the wear defects in photos. We can provide in our Italian professional laboratories for the complete restoration of wood. You can receive your perfectly restored antique bed...

A good quality pair of Arts & Crafts single oak beds in the manner of Heals. They do come with side irons and will require a slatted base to be made fo...

Very elegant giltwood and hand carved bedhead with silk upholstery in light beige. France.

This elegant Caribbean mahogany bed was constructed in the 19th century in Jamaica. This Rare West Indies Bedstead exhibits a scarce and desirable hand carved iconic Jamaican Double Waterfall headboard which resonates with the four solid mahogany turned and reeded bedpost. This exceptionally carved bed with grand scale makes it a decorative work of art. This Remarkable Jamaican mahogany four poster bed has been converted to a king size bed for modern use by David Skinner...

Manufactured in Austria by the Gebrüder Thonet company. Restored in the past, perfectly cleaned and re-polished with shellac polish.

Exuberant Portuguese polycromed stately headboard. This headboard probably came from one of the great houses in Portugal

Caribbean mahogany four-poster bed with a carved decorative scrolled spindle head board and foot board, complimented by four reeded and barley twist...

An extremely rare Anglo-Japanese walnut double bed or a four poster bed, in the style of E W Godwin probably made by Collinson and Lock of London. With...

This French bentwood cradle made in the Thonet style is a rare find, circa late 1900s. The cradle is in perfect working order with a gentle rocking act...

A single Spanish carved-wood wall panel from the early 19th century. This antique wall decoration from Spain features a raised panel front comprised of varying geometric shapes, with a Moorish influence star at center. There is a nicely aged patina throughout, adding to the rich character of this piece. This early 19th century Spanish panel...

American Sheraton mahogany four-poster bed with carved floral head board, complimented by carved reeded and turned bulbous floral post. Baltimore, MD, Early 19th century. Bed is Queen-size with a custom box spring and mattress. Bed can also be converted to King if...

The headboard is surmounted with a carved cresting and turned finials at each end, and the frame painted with scrollwork. The centre of the headboard has a cartouche containing a pai...

Charleston true mahogany period four-poster rice bed with tapered head posts, removable mahogany head board, fluted decorative carved foot posts with acanthus...

American Charleston Mahogany child's crib with flanking side and end rails, turned bulbous ringed spindles with finials, single triple hinged folding side rail, corner bed...

American Victorian faux bamboo maple queen size bed with carved floral pediment and acorn clustered legs (includes: headboard, footboard, rails)

Art Nouveau pair of twin beds, Italy, circa 1890. Hand carved walnut, restored and polished to wax of the same bedroom we have the chest of drawers, marble top, with beveled mirror ...

An exquisite Louis Philippe daybed in beautiful figured walnut, of superior design and fine craftsmanship. France, circa 1835. In near perfect condition, this is one of the most extr...

American mahogany Classical carved four poster bed with molded edge tester, flanking swan necks headboard, acanthus carved bulbous post, origina...

English mahogany three-tiered bed steps with tooled green leather, hinged fitted interior compartments, and terminating on turned bulbous ringed legs, Early 19th century.

This French bentwood cradle made in the Thonet style is a rare find, circa late 1900s. The cradle is in perfect working order with a gentle rocking act...

Impressive hand carved ancient panel from Toraja, Sulawesi. This carving symbolizes the protection of the home. Great as an art piece or headboard. This ancient carving...

This pair of half-tester beds were acquired for the guest suite at Douglas Fairbanks Sr and Mary Pickford’s Beverly Hills estate, Pickfair, which housed a collection of early 18th century English and French period furniture, in the 1920s. Life Magazine described Pickfair as 'a gathering place only slightly less important than the White House, and much more fun.' The beds passed by descent to Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and in family tradition were used as the main guest beds at his farm in Virginia, subsequently his home in Washington, then Westridge in Pacific Palisades, Los Angles until 1948 when the family moved to No 8 The Boltons in London and finally in 1973 to the ‘Vicarage’ in Palm Beach. They were inherited by his daughter Daphne in 1988 who continued the family tradition using them as guestbeds at her homes in London and Suffolk. Daphne is now 73 and when she downsized she gave the beds to her granddaughter AIslinn, the great, great grandaugher of Douglas Fairbanks Sr, who had “always loved these beds”. There is a photograph of the beds at Pickfair amongst the family papers which they are trying to locate. Daphne Fairbanks has written a letter discussing their history and some of the stars who slept on them which will pass with the beds : ‘I should think almost every well known person in the film industry slept on these beds ‘ Aside from being exceptionally rare as antiques, these beds represent a unique opportunity to acquire an iconic piece of history from the golden age of movie making having been owned the “King of Hollywood” and slept on by countless stars, politicians, royalty and socialites. They have passed through 5 generations of the Fairbanks dynasty who have continued the family tradition of using them as their main guestbeds. The turned posts are surmounted by finials and have fine, reeding and carved decoration. The shaped headboards have scroll crestings above strikingly, beautiful, figured veneers The rails are also veneered The ends have a finely, carved turned rail. The beds stand on lion's paw feet. Two of the original castors remain. The colour and patina are exceptional. These pieces do not require a Cites certificate, they are not made from Swietenia humilis. Measures: Height to top of finials 193 cm., 76 in., to top of siderails 18 in., to mattress slats 14 ½ in. Overall Length 213 cm. 84 in., internal headboard to footboard 77 ½ in, internal to siderail & corner cut-out 75 ¼ in., Overall Width 109 cm., 43 in., outside rail to outside rail 41 ¾, internal width 39 3/8 in Pickfair, 1143 Summit Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 90210 In the 1920s, the two most famous homes in America were Pickfair and the White House. Silent film superstars Mary Pickford, 'America's Sweetheart,' and dashing Douglas Fairbanks were the original Hollywood super couple. Individually, they were wildly famous the world over, even more so when they fell in love and married. Douglas had bought the property in the Hollywood hills which they made their home and which the press christened Pickfair, combining their last names, which stuck. They created a romantic legend that drew a steady stream of international royalty, politicians, scientists and artists. An invitation to the Pickfair mansion meant you had made it in Hollywood. Located at 1143 Summit Drive, in San Ysidro Canyon in Beverly Hills, the property was a hunting lodge when purchased by Fairbanks in 1919 for his bride, Mary Pickford. The newlyweds extensively renovated the lodge, transforming it into a 4-story, 25-room mansion complete with stables, servants quarters, tennis courts, a large guest wing, and garages. Remodeled by Wallace Neff in a mock tudor style, it took 5 years to complete. Ceiling frescos, parquet flooring, wood panelled halls of fine mahogany and bleached pine, gold leaf and mirrored decorative niches, all added to the authentic charm of Pickfair. The property was said to have been the first private home in the Los Angeles area to include an in-ground swimming pool, in which Pickford and Fairbanks were famously photographed paddling a canoe. Pickfair featured a collection of early-18th century English and French period furniture, decorative arts and antiques. Notable pieces in the collection included furniture from the Barberini Palace and the Baroness Burdett-Coutts estate in London. The highlight of any visit to Pickfair was a large collection of Chinese Objects d'art collected by Fairbanks and Pickford on their many visits to the Orient. The Pickfair art collection was wide and varied and included paintings by Philip Mercier, Guillaume Seignac, George Romney, and Paul DeLongpre. The beds were acquired for the bedroom suite in a new, guest wing. The mansion also featured an Old West style saloon complete with a burnished ornate mahogany bar obtained from a saloon in Auburn, California as well as paintings by Frederic Remington. In the 1970 Volume 2, Number 10 issue of Mankind Magazine it states there were twelve Remington's from 1907 purchased from the Cosmopolitan Publishing Company that 'were Mary Pickford's gift to her husband, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers.' The interiors of Pickfair were decorated and updated throughout the years by Elsie De Wolfe, Marjorie Requa, Tony Duquette, and Kathryn Crawford. During the 1920s the house became a focal point for Hollywood's social activities, and the couple became famous for entertaining there. An invitation to Pickfair was a sign of social acceptance into the closed Hollywood community. Dinners at Pickfair were legendary; guests included Charlie Chaplin (who also lived next door), the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Greta Garbo, George Bernard Shaw, Albert Einstein, Elinor Glyn, Helen Keller, H.G. Wells, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Fritz Kreisler, Tony Duquette, Amelia Earhart, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Joan Crawford, Noël Coward, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, Pearl S. Buck, Charles Lindbergh, Max Reinhardt, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Edison, Lillian Gish, Gloria Swanson, the Duke and Duchess of Alba, the King and Queen of Siam, Austen Chamberlain, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, and Sir Harry Lauder. Lauder's nephew, Matt Lauder Jr., a professional golfer whose family had a property at Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, taught Fairbanks to play golf. When Fairbanks and Pickford divorced in January 1936, Pickford resided in the mansion with her third husband, actor and musician Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, until her death in 1979. Pickford received few visitors in her later years, but continued to open up her grand home for charitable organizations and parties. In 1976 Pickford received a second Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in Film. The Honorary Oscar was presented to her in the formal living room of Pickfair, and televised on the 48th Academy Awards. Introduced and narrated by Gene Kelly, it provided the public a very rare glimpse inside the fabled mansion. Empty for several years after Pickford's death, Pickfair was eventually sold to Los Angeles Lakers owner, Dr. Jerry Buss, who continued to care for the home, updating and preserving much of the unique charm of Pickfair. In 1988 it was purchased by actress Pia Zadora and her husband Meshulam Riklis who demolished Pickfair replacing it with a large 'Venetian style palazzo'. They received harsh criticism from a nostalgic public, including Douglas Fairbanks Jr who was quoted in the LA Times, 'I regret it very much. I wonder, if they were going to demolish it, why they bought it in the first place.'. The only remaining artifacts from the original Pickfair are the gates to the estate, the kidney-shaped pool and pool house, remnants of the living room, as well as the two-bedroom guest wing, which the beds were acquired for and, which played host to visiting royalty and notable film celebrities for over half a century. The guest wing was once used as a honeymoon suite for Lord Louis and Lady Mountbatten...

French Empire-style mahogany and bronze and gilt trimmed queen size bed with swan design (includes: headboard, footboard, rails). (19th Century reproduction of Josephine Bonaparte's swan bed...

An Exceptional Exhibition Austrian Neo-Baroque Carved Mahogany Bed The Foot and Headboard Finely Carved With Figural Crests and Inset with Gilt-Bro...