Child's bootee
Sidney Howard Barnsley (1865 - 1926)
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Walnut
Collection
Stoneywell Cottage, Leicestershire
NT 1702037.4
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 footboard, with vertical end slats, c.1913, made for Mr and Mrs Basil Gimson by Sidney Barnsley.
Makers and roles
Sidney Howard Barnsley (1865 - 1926), maker