ANTIQUE BEDROOM FURNITURE & DRESSINGS

The beds that were used in those early parlors were prominently displayed, and it was important that they favorably reflected the economic status of a household. Indeed, they were by far the most elaborate-and complicated pieces of furniture in a house. Only the mattress was actually known as the bed; the wooden bedstead, whether tall-post or low-post, was called a frame. The hangings – which typically included a tester or canopy cloth to cover the top of the frame; a headcloth hung against the… Read more


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