Half Tester Bed
Antique half tester solid original cherry bed restored with original white casters any questions.
Half tester bed. Antique half tester iron and brass bed 2 000 negotiable this antique brass and iron bed is in immaculate condition and has been professionally restored sand blasted and powder coated. A half tester is the over bed canopy held by two posts at the top of the bed and extending down to about one third of the size of the bed just beyond the pillows. In the case of the half tester those rods do go the entire width of the bed.
Some 18 years ago i had it completely restored and in the process had it widened and made it longer to accommodate a queen size mattress. Antique half tester solid cherry bed restored with original white caster type. 9 6 with finial or 9 with out.
This beautiful and very rare original victorian half tester bed was originally a double size. So it is now a queen size bed. Half tester bed definition is a bed with a low foot and a canopy projecting from the posts at the head.
It has been widened to accommodate a queen size mattress comes with the sheer lace cream coloured canopy. Australian colonial cedar half tester bed tasmania late 19th century the moulded tester with a floral cotton roof and a pair of matching curtains the footboard with carved medallion depicting pears and berries height 222 cm width 213 cm depth 143 cm sold by in for you can display prices in au us nz or stg.