Bed
Sidney Howard Barnsley (1865 - 1926)
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Walnut
Measurements
1200 x 1530 mm; 2020 mm (Length)
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Stoneywell Cottage, Leicestershire
NT 1702037
Caption
Made out of walnut, this double bed sits in the main bedroom of the cottage. It was made by Sidney Barnsley, circa 1913 and may have been a wedding present for Basil and Muriel Gimson. Basil was the second owner of Stoneywell, inheriting from his father Sydney.
Summary
Walnut double bed, with vertical end slats, c.1913, made for Mr and Mrs Basil Gimson by Sidney Barnsley.
Provenance
On loan to the National Trust from Donald Gimson, last owner of Stoneywell Cottage.
Makers and roles
Sidney Howard Barnsley (1865 - 1926), maker