Hi, looking for help to identify bedframes :)
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Victorian Furniture thread on victorianforum.com · started July 3, 2013 by izzybee · 4 posts, 2 image attachments · discussion in 2013.
Hello, looking for some assistance to identify 2 twin bedframes that have been in my husband's family for many, many years. They belonged to his grandparents who had many antiques in their home, but no living relatives know when they were acquired or where. I have tried to…
Hello, looking for some assistance to identify 2 twin bedframes that have been in my husband's family for many, many years. They belonged to his grandparents who had many antiques in their home, but no living relatives know when they were acquired or where. I have tried to determine specifics about the furniture but have been unable to acquire and understand the vast amount of info available. I have always been in love with antiques, but can't seem to grasp the ability to distinguish and understand the differences. Anyhow just wondering if someone can help or send me in the right direction to get started. I would love to figure out what type of wood, furniture style/era, etc. The only marks on the furniture are 107 1/2 Myrtle which is stencilled on the back. Thanks in advance.
Hi there:
Very attractive bedframes. I don't know where you are, but I'll assume the U.S. This is a type of headboard pioneered in the late 1880s/1890s by European and U.S. cabinet makers, particularly in France and the northeastern U.S., which was often looking to France as an artistic style leader during this time period. The beds look to be a simplified version of the bedframes R. J. Horner was making in mahogany in New York in the 1890s. Look him up on E-Bay and see if you can see a bedframe or two; you'll notice the resemblance to yours.
That being said, yours is in imitation of makers like Horner, but not by Horner himself. I would guess that yours are ca. 1900-1920, made in either France or the U.S., look to be walnut or maple, and are probably worth about $200 per bedframe +-, depending on where you're located.
Very attractive bedframes. I don't know where you are, but I'll assume the U.S. This is a type of headboard pioneered in the late 1880s/1890s by European and U.S. cabinet makers, particularly in France and the northeastern U.S., which was often looking to France as an artistic style leader during this time period. The beds look to be a simplified version of the bedframes R. J. Horner was making in mahogany in New York in the 1890s. Look him up on E-Bay and see if you can see a bedframe or two; you'll notice the resemblance to yours.
That being said, yours is in imitation of makers like Horner, but not by Horner himself. I would guess that yours are ca. 1900-1920, made in either France or the U.S., look to be walnut or maple, and are probably worth about $200 per bedframe +-, depending on where you're located.
Hi Kevin,
Thank you so much, so appreciative of your help :)
Thank you so much, so appreciative of your help :)
Anytime! I hope that helped. Let us know if you have questions about anything else... ;D