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Mattresses for
Timber &
Metal Beds
The images below illustrate some steps in producing a replacement ensemble for a vintage timber and steel bed.
Further explanatory notes are in preparation.
< Timber head and foot boards, angle-iron side rails, timber and wire-mesh frame, and kapok mattress, the bed's original format.




Timber head and foot boards, angle-iron side rails, timber and wire-mesh frame.>
<Timber head and foot boards, angle-iron side rails.




Timber head and foot boards, angle-iron side rails, slat timber  frame.>


Timber bed and upholstered low-line base.



Timber bed, upholstered low-line base, white label mattress (left) and with wool and latex topper.


Antique four-poster beds may require
innerspring mattresses to have the 
corners cut around the foot posts,
and occasionally at the head.
Innersring Mattresses
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Three generations of mattress-making.