Towel rail
Category
Furniture
Date
1850 - 1900
Materials
Pine
Measurements
92 cm (H); 122 cm (W)
Place of origin
England
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Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1195741
Summary
A pine towel rail or drying rack, English, 2nd half 19th century. Hinged with three horizontal rails.
Provenance
Speke Hall and its contents were bequeathed, as a secondary devise, to the National Trust by Adelaide Watt (d.1921) in 1943. Speke was initially bequeathed to the Norris family (who built the original house during the 16th century). It was then leased to Liverpool City Council and later to the Museums Department of Merseyside County Council. The National Trust took over direct management of the house and its contents in 1986.