Ok folks anyone here know when 3/4 size rope beds went out? I went to a tag sale in the next town up the railroad earlier this month and they had an old rope bed for sale. On Friday the price was way to high, but as luck would have it on Saturday was back in the area and stopped in again and they cut the price down to $50 and long story short, its in my barn. Found a tag nailed up under with a company name, established 1885 and listing locations as New York and Philadelphia. I googled it and its still in business, will see if they respond to an email.
I would have thought a 3/4 size rope bed would be somewhat earlier than 1885 and certainly more of a rural item than a big city one by that time frame. Any Victorian experts out there? That gets a bit late for whatever expertise i might have. Will try and send a picture at some point but not able to right now. Suspect it may have had some alterations, but for $50 not complaining about it.