The table top with moulded edge above a row of three drawers all of the drawers are ash lined with brass handles and separated by a carved panel.

This is above a central fully panelled kneehole with foot rest and flanked on either side by a cupboard door with carved incised panel and original brass handles and with internal shelf.

Antique Ash Arts & Crafts Bedroom Suite consisting of a Triple Wardobe, Washstand and Dressing Table and dating from around 1890.

Constructed from quality Ash this is a superb fully matching bedroom suite with fabulous detail and quality original fittings.

While there was a modicum of truth that certain insects might be more attracted to sleeping with you in a wood bed, the contest was really about beauty not bugs.

Should centuries-old advertising or sanitation problems play a part in the purchase of your antique iron bed? But there are a few important details you do need to consider.

In addition to a "more sanitary condition," iron bed frames offered consumers elegant, beautiful designs that many wooden beds couldn't compete with.

America has been a nation on the move since before it was a nation, so a bed that could be disassembled, transported by wagon or boat and reassembled was a valuable asset.

One early solution to the portable sleeping platform problem was the rope bed, a suspension system of ropes pulled through or tied to a frame, most often of maple or cherry.

There are 3 serious problems associated with antique iron frames: missing or badly-fitting side rails, broken hitches (the point at which the rails connects to the bed) and extreme rust Rails are not interchangeable.

Original or properly fitting rails will offer a snug, tight feel with little movement of the headboard.