
Pencil Post Bed
$5,725.00 - $8,700.00
The Pencil Post Bed is crafted after the simple design of the modular English Field Bed made popular by British officers who transported the beds via camel to remote colonial outposts. Like it’s inspiration, our Pencil Post Bed is an exercise in minimalism. With four slender, octagonal posts, these beds are available in a simple, unadorned style – but can be modified to include a canopy.
- Dimensions
- Twin: 83″H x 44″W x 81″L
- Full: 83″H x 59″W x 81″L
- Queen: 83″H x 65″W x 85″L
- King: 83″H x 81″W x 85″L
- Cal King: 83″H x 77″W x 89″L
Made to Order
Our expert craftsman here in Maine are waiting to create a piece just for you.
Our furniture is made to order. Due to high demand, lead times may vary. A 50% deposit is required to initiate your online order. The balance will be due prior to shipment.
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A striking visual complement.
Like its colonial British inspiration, our Pencil Post Bed’s four posts are its most prominent design feature. Each of post is crafted from a single piece of 3″ x 3″ wood which rises to seven feet in length. To obtain clear material for each post, we turn to our long-established relationships with top-quality mills, relying on their ability to provide clear, unblemished North American hardwood. Each post is then crafted in our workshop to form a tapered octagonal rise – resulting in a strikingly elegant profile that looks beautiful either with or without finials and a canopy.
The frame of the bed involves four long cherry or walnut planks, through-bolted with polished brass bolts to the posts to ensure a long, stable life.
This bed is designed to accommodate 16” – 18” mattress and box spring combinations. For platform bed options or custom bolt covers, please select the “Customize This Piece” option in the drop-down menu.
Anatomy of the Pencil Post Bed




The Headboard
The headboard of the Pencil Post Bed provides additional support for its rear posts and is hand-joined at four points. Shaped from solid wood, it arcs at the crest and offers two concave cuts at either side for visual interest – without compromising strength.
The Frame
The frame of the bed involves four long cherry or walnut planks, through bolted with polished brass bolts to the posts to ensure a long, stable life. The frame is hand-finished and contrasts beautifully with bedding.
Finishing Touches
Each post is then crafted in our workshop to form a tapered octagonal rise – resulting in a strikingly elegant profile that looks beautiful either with or without finials and a canopy. Bed bolt covers are constructed of polished brass.
It’s All In the Details
We are committed to building furniture of truly lasting value. When you purchase a Thos. Moser piece, we enter into a lifetime of friendship and service. As the original owner of a piece of Thos. Moser, we will guarantee our workmanship and wood materials for your lifetime.
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Guarantee
We guarantee our workmanship and wood materials for the lifetime of the original owner.
80,000
Square Feet
Of state-of-the-art, scalable manufacturing space in Auburn, Maine.
264,000
Board Feet
The approximate amount of cherry we use for building each year.
Pencil Post Bed
PPB •
83″H x 77″W x 89″L




Pencil Post Bed™
PPB • 83″H x 77″W x 89″L
The Pencil Post Bed is crafted after the simple design of the modular English Field Bed made popular by British officers who transported the beds via camel to remote colonial outposts. Like it's inspiration, our Pencil Post Bed is an exercise in minimalism. With four slender, octagonal posts, these beds are available in a simple, unadorned style – but can be modified to include a canopy.


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