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<p>[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 221326, member: 30"]I was thinking this bed could be a bit older, was checking around online and found this about the spiral-twisted furniture styles:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thespruce.com/know-your-furniture-leg-styles-4053726" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thespruce.com/know-your-furniture-leg-styles-4053726" rel="nofollow">https://www.thespruce.com/know-your-furniture-leg-styles-4053726</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"This extremely old style of furniture leg resembles a twisted rope. It is thought to have originated in India, and the style traveled westward across Europe in the mid-17th century to Portugal, Holland and then England, where it flourished from around 1660 to about 1703.</p><p><br /></p><p>These legs are especially characteristic of Restoration and <a href="https://www.thespruce.com/william-and-mary-style-antique-furniture-148870" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thespruce.com/william-and-mary-style-antique-furniture-148870" rel="nofollow">William and Mary</a> furniture, but they enjoyed a comeback 100 years later in late Empire and <a href="https://www.thespruce.com/american-federal-furniture-period-149202" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thespruce.com/american-federal-furniture-period-149202" rel="nofollow">Federal pieces</a>. It was revived yet again in the mid-19th century and used on many Victorian furniture pieces. Sprial legs are sometimes referenced as spiral-twist or barley-twist (especially in England)."</p><p><br /></p><p>It's a very beautiful bed and I wonder if you can buy a pre-fab mattress to fit or if the size is also unusual?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 221326, member: 30"]I was thinking this bed could be a bit older, was checking around online and found this about the spiral-twisted furniture styles: [URL]https://www.thespruce.com/know-your-furniture-leg-styles-4053726[/URL] "This extremely old style of furniture leg resembles a twisted rope. It is thought to have originated in India, and the style traveled westward across Europe in the mid-17th century to Portugal, Holland and then England, where it flourished from around 1660 to about 1703. These legs are especially characteristic of Restoration and [URL='https://www.thespruce.com/william-and-mary-style-antique-furniture-148870']William and Mary[/URL] furniture, but they enjoyed a comeback 100 years later in late Empire and [URL='https://www.thespruce.com/american-federal-furniture-period-149202']Federal pieces[/URL]. It was revived yet again in the mid-19th century and used on many Victorian furniture pieces. Sprial legs are sometimes referenced as spiral-twist or barley-twist (especially in England)." It's a very beautiful bed and I wonder if you can buy a pre-fab mattress to fit or if the size is also unusual?[/QUOTE]
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