Bed steps
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1830
Materials
Mahogany, oak, satinwood, beech, felt
Measurements
46 x 51 x 48 cm
Place of origin
England
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Saltram, Devon
NT 871356
Summary
A pair of mahogany bedsteps, English, early 19th century. Of two treads, the uppermost hinged and enclosing a compartment fronted by a pair of curved, reeded bars centred by a satinwood-inlaid lozenge. The corners of the compartment with ring-turned engaged columns. Both treads lined with later red felt. Raised on ring-turned columnar legs.
Provenance
Date of introduction to Saltram not recorded but at Saltram by 1962 and part of the Endowment given to the National Trust by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878 - 1962), 5th Earl of Morley.