I’ve been in the antique iron bed business for close to 40 years. I’ve never lost the excitement I get at finding unique ones that I’ve never seen before . The longer I’m in the business I realize how many incredible designs must have been made for someone like me, who has seen and sold…
Over thirty years ago I started buying and selling iron beds iin the Washington DC area where I lived and went to school.
Most people have an image of large manufacturing companies that employed dozens, even hundreds of men, that produced iron beds back in the 1800’s.
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Iron Beds back in the 1800’s walked a fine line of trying to please both male and female family members.
Small independently owned iron bed foundries were some of the first early cottage industries in this country.