Tester headboard
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1710
Materials
Giltwood and fabric.
Measurements
3000 mm (Height) x 2260 mm (Depth)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655858.3.15
Summary
The headboard from an oil gilded and water gilded deal, oak, yew and velvet upholstered tester bed, English, circa 1710 with applied Londonderry Arms, centred on a later gilt shell, covered in red velvet.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013