"A curiously graceful Venetian wrought iron bed, with beautiful old silk damask hangings, from an old palace."  From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.

From The Simple Jography by Oliver Herford, 1908.

"An Italian carved oak four-post bed of the 16th century.  Unusual form of posts and base."  From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.

From Mental Disease by Peter Michaels.

"Come, Sleep, and kiss my eyelids down; In thy twinklings of oblivion, let me forget."  From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.

"The wonderful gothic bed said to belong to Foulque Nerra, Count of Anjou, who died in 1129, but probably made 200 years later."  From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.

From Purple Parrot, 1929.

"Egyptian couch-bedstead -- carved wood, gilded and highly colored."  From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.

"Royal English high post bed, dome top, of mahogany.  Marquetry designed by Chippendale."  From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.

"Ancient imperial Japanese bed.  A rare example of teak carving.  Belonging to the royal family."  From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.

"I'd be all right if the bed would just stop goin' roun'!"  From The Duluth Herald, 1914.

From The Little Witch's Cat Book by Linda Glovach.

"A French 'Lit de Repose' of the 18th century, arranged with trundle or 'pull out' for their 'couchée' (bed reception)."  From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.

"Antiquarians computing the height to which the beds, said to have been slept in by George Washington, would reach if placed one on top of the other."  From Vanity Fair, 1914.  (Hat tip: Jonathan.)

From Purple Parrot, 1922.

"The celebrated French bed of Marie Antoinette, with its magnificent hangings."  From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.

"Ancient Imperial Chinese bed, carved and lacquered, sent by that government to the last Paris expoisition and returned to Pekin."  From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.

"English carved oak bed that belonged to the Duchess of Kent, the mother of Queen Victoria.  Probably about 1500."  From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.

"Black oak bed made from an old staircase and wainscot found in an English castle."  From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.

"This celebrated colonial four-post bed (note the curious old hand made counterpane) if the one upon which Henry Clay slept and died."  From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.