Metal Headboards

Antique Vibes Abound with Vintage Metal Headboards

Antique metal headboards give swank new meaning to the heavy metal genre. In a carefully edited selection of styles, Chairish’s virtual aisles are replete with vintage metal headboard queen options that are ready for you to browse and buy. New to the metal headboard trend? You might be, but the concept itself is actually a rather old one. Iron bed frames grew in popularity in the late 1800s; Victorian-era beds, including bed frames and metal frame headboards, were largely constructed of hand-crafted cast iron, while post World War I beds were more likely mass-produced and made of aluminum.

Durable Headboard Options for Any Bedroom

Whether you're on the hunt for a reproduction, a vintage piece, or a newly made original, our long, curated list of antique metal headboards is abundant with options. Some of our favorites, you ask? Among those cast iron headboards that have crossed our path, some notable faves include a custom wrought iron headboard woven in natural seagrass, and a custom iron canopy bed – plus the many others designed with influence from the past, and, sometimes, even influence from the present.