Stump bed
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak, Pine
Measurements
1000 mm (H)1000 mm (W)1980 mm (Length)
Collection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1127645
Summary
Oak stump bed - 18th century. Columnar head uprights with pine headboard between. Column heads simply rounded off. Bolted to oak bed frame. Square section foot posts chamfered at top under ball finial. Holes and grooves in bed frame indicate originally rope-bottomed; subsequently pine struts fitted on to frame. Bedding includes three mattreses and one feather mattress.