BEDSTEAD COMPETITION 
Designed by F. Hopkinson Evans, Philadelphia 
FOR THE METAL ART COMPANY 
BEDSTEAD WITH METAL FRAME AND WOODEN PANELS WITH METAL INLAY 
^ I 'HE illustration shows a good example of a 
class of what are essentially metal beds, 
but in which wood is used to a greater or less 
degree for ornamentation. The frame of these 
beds is of metal, as are also the posts, sides and 
rails, and the bed has the strength and rigidity 
of all-metal construction. In the design shown 
above the wooden posts are cored with metal, 
making a column strong and secure from top 
to bottom, to serve for attaching the sides. The 
head and foot are backed with metal and the 
ornamentation of inlaid metal affords the 
means of clamping the wood securely to the 
metal back. 
This bed can be made of brass or other metal 
in combination with mahogany or other rich 
wood. The metal can be finished in old brass, 
Roman, Etruscan or other surface that may 
be desirable to harmonize with the wood that 
is used. 
Beds of this type present opportunities for 
beautiful coloring which could logically be 
used as the foundation tone in planning the 
decoration of a bedroom. Instead of the in¬ 
congruous break made by the average bedstead 
in an otherwise harmonious interior, the archi¬ 
tect could undoubtedly start with the bed and 
plan all of its surroundings, using the bed as 
the centre not only of utility but'^bf beauty in a 
chamber. 
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