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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 1868387, member: 6444&quot;]Beautiful repair work, and great shop! Sawdust just shows you&#039;ve been busy! I wish I had power tools approaching those in quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wooden beds were still not standardized at the turn of the 20th century - factory made length 6&#039;, 6&#039;-2&quot;, 6&#039;-4&quot;, 6&#039;-6&quot; and just as much variance in width. Steel (brass) beds were more standardized in length, mostly but not all 76&quot;, but still not referred to as single and double, and available in at least four widths (36&quot;, 42&quot;, 48&quot;, 54&quot;). Mattresses were ordered by the inch in width and length. I don&#039;t know when standardization started, but definitely not until into the 20th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your construction with dowels to hold the head and foot board would be unusual for 19th century also, since mortise and tenon would have been more common held by ropes or bed-bolts. Hard to make judgement on hardware since it has been replaced, but the style you show definitely looks 20th century to me as well. Finally, do the finials on the posts screw off, or are they all turned in one piece? If they screw off that could give you a glimpse at some hardware that wasn&#039;t replaced.</p><p><br /></p><p>In all I agree with Brad, though would say turn of 20th century up to mid 20th century based on your latest pics. I would have guessed walnut, but guessing wood from pics is always difficult.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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