Those that have a mind to have new Beds thus made, or old ones alter’d,
are to observe, That the Head-posts of the Bedsted are to be no higher
than just to support a Wainscot Head-board, the Tester-lath supports
the Rod as usual; in the Rail are to be nine Holes drilled in, but
not quite thro’; the two at the Head, to take off and hang on, (at
Pleasure,) two Upholders drove into the Wainscot or Wall; in the other
seven, thro’ Eye-let Holes, at proper Distances in the Tester-cloth,
are to be seven Balls or carved Branches to keep the Tester-Cloth
tight; to which the Head-cloth, and inside and outside Vallens are to
be fixed: so that by taking the Lath of the Upholders, and taking
out the Balls, they all come off together; and thus made, may be
commodiously and immediately clear’d, clean’d, and put up again, to
fasten on the Head-board: And keep your Head-cloth down tight in its
Place and Form. You have Hooks and Eyes to take on and off at Pleasure.
* * * * *
Persons wanting to be clear’d and kept free of those nauseous venomous
Vermin, shall be attended by the Author on the following Terms, _viz._
To clear a Bed-sted with Moulding-Tester, Wood Head-Cloth, Head-board
and its Furniture, 10 _s._ 6 _d._
Bed-steds with single-rais’d Tester, Moulding, Head-Cloth, Board and
Furniture, or Chair-beds and Furniture, 8 _s._ each.
Bed-steds with ditto Tester, plain Head-cloth, cover’d Head-board and
Furniture; and Field-beds and Furniture, at 7 _s._ each.
Four-post Bed-steds, or Canopy-beds, with plain Furniture, 6 _s._
each.
Press-beds, Chest of Drawers Beds and Bed-steds, without Furniture,
5 _s._ each.
Wainscot Walls, Hangings, _&c._ behind and near the Bed-sted are
clear’d with the Beds at the above Prices: but if spread all over the
Room and Furniture, then an additional Price is expected.
For Expedition and Safety, and to prevent Trouble to his Customers,
or Impositions on them or himself, the Author takes his own Servants
with him, to take down and put up such Parts of Beds, Wainscot,
Hangings, _&c._ as he finds necessary; and always puts them up
in full as good, if not better Order, than he finds them. Of his
Servants he has good Security, and will be answerable to his
Customers, for their Fidelity.
_N. B._ If he any ways damages the Furniture, he will pay for the
same.
* * * * *
Persons about taking Houses, Lodgings, or buying Furniture, paying for
Surveying, shall be attended, and at first View be justly and truly
inform’d if the Premisses be Buggy, or free from Buggs, by
JOHN SOUTHALL,
At the _Green-posts_ in the _Green-walk_ near _Faulcon-stairs,
Southwark_.
_FINIS._
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_Just publish’d_, (_the Fifth Edition of_,)
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