BEDSTEAD COMPETITION 
FOR THE METAL ART COMPANY 
Designed by C. M. Bill, Boston 
BEDSTEAD WITH METAL FRAME AND WOOD PANELS 
^ I 'HE design illustrated above, which con- 
veys imperfectly the beauty of the original 
because of the absence of color, suggests the use 
of brown walnut or zebra wood finished yellow. 
Any cabinet wood can he used for the panels, giv¬ 
ing a wide range for the exercise of individual 
taste. The frame work is all of highly orna¬ 
mental cast metal with bronze or other finish. 
It is a sign of the times that people are plan¬ 
ning, selecting, discriminating with a better dis¬ 
play of individual judgment than ever before 
in all that concerns the home, within and with¬ 
out. Manufacturers of metal beds whose cata¬ 
logues of designs are in the hands of the public, 
report that they receive through the mails many 
rough drafts of beds embodying the artistic 
ideas of the individual purchasers—and in 
many instances beds constructed with these 
crude suggestions as the basis have proved 
entirely pleasing from whatever view-point they 
may be judged. 
Such a design as the one reproduced on this 
page is suggestive of many modified forms, to 
give expression to individual conceptions. 
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