Our very own Angie Curl and Ben Goodbrey featured in an interview with BBC Radio Norfolk last night. Talking to resident antiques expert Mike Hicks, Ben and Angie dive in to the history of the bedroom, Victorian military campaign beds, the origins of the water bed, and many more fascinating topics. Listen here if you …
Metal Bedsteads for Prince and Peasant 18th December 2018 A century ago, Birmingham showed the world how to make metal bedsteads. Linked with the city’s thriving brass-foundering and metal working industries bedstead making developed into one of Birmingham’s most profitable trades with a worldwide export market. In the late Victorian period the brass bedstead with …
A History Of Brass & Iron Bedsteads 12th December 2018 | Published by Bed Bazaar The metal bedstead, usually of brass, or of brass and cast iron combined, was first produced in large numbers during the 1840’s in England. Thereasons for its appearance were largely two fold. Firstly, from the early years of the 19th …