A four-poster without the canopy: tall turned posts at the head, a deep-buttoned headboard between them, and a panelled footboard that rises at each corner to its own finial. It has the presence of an old planter's bed and none of the overhead weight.

The headboard stands 145 cm high inside a broad moulded frame, its top rail stepped at each shoulder and cut back in a concave curve at the corners. Within the frame the upholstery is deep-buttoned in a diamond grid, each button drawn down into the padding so the cloth folds softly between them.

The head posts are turned by hand from solid wood — collars, rings and a long tapering shaft — and finish in a spire finial at around 180 cm. At the foot, two square posts carry turned urn finials, and the footboard's top rail sweeps down between them in a shallow curve over two raised, fielded panels. The side rails carry the same framed panel from head to foot, and the whole bed stands on turned bun feet.

The headboard is upholstered in your choice of ten linens and seventeen velvets, at the same price whichever you choose. The copper-toned printed floral in the photographs is made on request, and the headboard can also be upholstered in a fabric you supply — a family textile, or a print chosen with your designer.

Order it with storage and a wide drawer slides out from beneath each side rail on soft-close runners, one for each of you, so neither has to walk round the bed. The fronts are panelled to continue the line of the rail, so the bed looks the same closed as it does without them. Without storage, the space between the bun feet stays open and easy to sweep.

Posts, rails and feet are solid wood. The broad panels in the footboard and side rails, and the drawer boxes, are engineered board, which stays flat and true across a two-metre span where solid timber would cup and move with the seasons. The mattress rests on a solid wood slatted base that lets it breathe.

The frame is shown in Blackwood, a near-black stain that keeps the grain just visible in raking light. It is also made in Natural Teak, a clear satin lacquer that shows the honey tone of the wood, and in Woodland, English Chestnut and Walnut — and each of the four stains, Blackwood included, also comes in a wire-brushed Country texture, where the open grain stands proud under the hand.

Wood and cloth are natural materials. Grain and tone vary from board to board and the finish mellows with years of daylight; linen softens where it is leaned against, and velvet pile shifts colour with the light. Vacuum the headboard with a soft brush attachment, dust the wood with a dry cloth, and keep both out of prolonged direct sun.

Construction

• Hand-turned solid wood head posts with spire finials; square foot posts with turned urn finials
• Solid wood frame, rails and turned bun feet
• Engineered board panels to the footboard and side rails, set in solid wood frames
• Deep-buttoned upholstered headboard, 145 cm high
• Headboard in ten linens or seventeen velvets; printed floral as shown on request; or your own fabric
• Optional storage: two under-bed drawers, one beneath each side rail, panelled fronts, soft-close runners
• Solid wood slatted base; takes a standard mattress 6–11 in (15–28 cm) thick
• Queen 175 × 220 × 180 cm, for a 5′ × 6′8″ (152 × 203 cm) mattress
• King 205 × 215 × 180 cm, for a 6′ × 6′6″ (183 × 198 cm) mattress
• Headboard 145 cm; head posts approx. 180 cm; footboard approx. 65 cm
• Shown in Blackwood with a printed floral headboard
• Nine wood finishes: Blackwood (as shown), Natural Teak, Woodland, English Chestnut or Walnut, and the four stains also in brushed Country
• Made to your measurements on request
• Mattress, pillows and bedding not included
• Crafted in 6–8 weeks