a brass bed in my attic

Iron beds of this type first became popular during the late 19th Century, but remained in production until World War One (1914). Values for these beds has fluctuated a great deal as a result of decorating trends, reaching their peak of popularity in the late 1980's. In today's market values are a good deal lower than they were 20 years ago. At auction comparable beds sell for under $300.00. **James Shoolbred company operated what we would now call a high end department store. Much of their production was sold through a series of detailed interior design cataloges that started to appear from about 1873 onwards. These were used were used as literal pattern books in order to copy the latest London styles . Lovejoy