{"id":312,"date":"2014-07-28T08:24:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T07:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/?p=312"},"modified":"2017-10-09T17:30:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T16:30:45","slug":"iron-bedsteads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/iron-bedsteads\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Bedsteads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fourposter1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fourposter1.jpg\" alt=\"Iron Bedstead Gallery at Heals\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fourposter1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fourposter1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was in the year of 1810 \u2013 when King George III was declared insane, Napoleon Bonaparte divorced Josephine, Jane Austen wrote Sense and Sensibility and tinned cans were invented to preserve food \u2013 that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/heritage\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">John Harris Heal<\/span><\/a> opened a small feather-dressing business at 33 Rathbone Place. Bringing a new, continental way of sleeping to London&#8217;s homeowners, it wasn&#8217;t long until this humble business became \u00a0a thriving innovator.<\/p>\n<p>Specialising in mattresses, Heal\u2019s became a leader of the bed-making pack. Famed for its quality, well-crafts beds, the store (which relocated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/stores\/tottenham-court-road.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Tottenham Court Road<\/span><\/a> in the 1840s) became a local landmark where people would meet \u2013 \u00a0\u201cAt the Sign of the Four Poster\u201d became a well-used phrase!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fourposter3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fourposter3.jpg\" alt=\"At the sign of the fourposter\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fourposter3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fourposter3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Always a step ahead of the competition, Heal&#8217;s began making iron bedsteads in the early nineteenth century. Using the same level of artistry it applied to its mattresses, the company&#8217;s beds were hand-forged using solid wrought iron. Catalogues dating back to 1902 show the huge selection and breadth of iron beds offered by Heal\u2019s, not only for the home \u2013 the range included bedsteads designed specifically for hospitals and particular ailments too.<\/p>\n<p>Now, 204 years after our first shop opened, we are celebrating our design history while also looking forward. Drawing upon our design heritage, Heal&#8217;s has created the brand-new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=abacus\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Abacus range<\/span><\/a>, which we will introduce in our next blog post\u2026 keep an eye out!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fourposter4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fourposter4.jpg\" alt=\"iron bedsteads at heals\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fourposter4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fourposter4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was in the year of 1810 \u2013 when King George III was declared insane, Napoleon Bonaparte divorced Josephine, Jane Austen wrote Sense and Sensibility and tinned cans were invented to preserve food \u2013 that John Harris Heal opened a small feather-dressing business at 33 Rathbone Place. 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