Double bed
Category
Furniture
Date
1920 - 1929
Materials
Oak, pine, iron, paint
Measurements
138.5 x 138 cm; 204 cm (Length)
Place of origin
Great Britain
Collection
Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1318227
Summary
An oak double bed, British, circa 1920s, the high headboard formed of a central panel flanked on either side by three vertical splats and a barley twist pole, all united across the top with a rectangular panel topped with small shaped cornice, the top and central panel with applied moulding and beading, the low footboard of similar decorative form to the headboard, the head and footboard joined by a black-painted iron frame, the frame variously stamped 'VONO/PATENT/27299-08', atop the iron bars is a pine frame and wire mesh lining.
Provenance
Sunnycroft was built in 1880 for J.G. Wackrill, founder of the Shropshire Brewery. It was bought in the early 1890s by Mary Jane Slaney who proceeded to extend the house and lay out the grounds to create the estate that is there today. After Mary Slaney died in 1912 the property was bought by her brother-in-law John Vernon Thomas Lander. Three generations of the Lander family lived at Sunnycroft. J.V.T. Lander's granddaughter Joan bequeathed the estate to the National Trust in 1997.
Marks and inscriptions
Iron frame ends: VONO/PATENT/27299-08