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<p>[QUOTE="Piece Dove, post: 411280, member: 6778"]Good evening friends.</p><p>Once again, I kindly request your help with this one as I have zero knowledge on this subject. I apologize in advance as I only have 1 picture of the bed until I pick it up tomorrow. The footboard is exactly the same as the headboard in design but not as tall. This is an iron bed that has lengthwise cracks that appears where perhaps a seam once was although there doesn't appear to be any welding like material. (One is very apparent in foot rail on attached picture). It also has brass on some areas of the headboard which also appears to be "cracking" off on the inner horizontal rails. I am interested in your thoughts as to how old this bed is and what you would do to clean it up. It is 48" wide and I believe 6'4" in length. I believe it at one time had casters as I felt holes in the legs? I also would love suggestions on how you would make it sleepable as it is wider than a twin and narrower than a full size mattress. It is very sturdy with original rails.</p><p><br /></p><p>As always, thanks in advance for your insight.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]143267[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Piece Dove, post: 411280, member: 6778"]Good evening friends. Once again, I kindly request your help with this one as I have zero knowledge on this subject. I apologize in advance as I only have 1 picture of the bed until I pick it up tomorrow. The footboard is exactly the same as the headboard in design but not as tall. This is an iron bed that has lengthwise cracks that appears where perhaps a seam once was although there doesn't appear to be any welding like material. (One is very apparent in foot rail on attached picture). It also has brass on some areas of the headboard which also appears to be "cracking" off on the inner horizontal rails. I am interested in your thoughts as to how old this bed is and what you would do to clean it up. It is 48" wide and I believe 6'4" in length. I believe it at one time had casters as I felt holes in the legs? I also would love suggestions on how you would make it sleepable as it is wider than a twin and narrower than a full size mattress. It is very sturdy with original rails. As always, thanks in advance for your insight. [ATTACH=full]143267[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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