Antique Early 19th Century American Curly Maple Canopy Bed

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Handsome Antique Early 19th Century American Curly Maple Canopy Bed. Beautiful delicate turned posts. Posts have some curl or figure … Read more Handsome Antique Early 19th Century American Curly Maple Canopy Bed. Beautiful delicate turned posts. Posts have some curl or figure to the maple but it isnt as strong as the figure in the headboard. Bed has a nice curved canopy frame. The most recent people that used the bed screwed a sheet of plywood over the rails and put their mattress on top of it. This originally had a tied rope support for the original mattress which is different than what we use today. Bed was made a little over 200 years ago before sizes were standardized. You could add angle irons to the rails and drop a modern box spring inside the rails. This would have to be custom sized The rails were extended to add length. This is shown in the photos. 1 of the foot post's has a crack at the top probably from the pin that was added to hold the canopy frame. Bed was refinished decades ago. The finish is now a bit dry. Some of the bed bolt covers are missing. Personally I would remove all of them. They just get in the way when assembling the bed. This will need a custom sized spring and or even a custom mattress. Bed is 82" long overall and 54 wide and stands 79" tall to top of canopy frame. Inside the rails the opening is 47 1/2" wide by 75 1/4" long. See less