Towel horse
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1835
Materials
Mahogany, brass
Measurements
97 x 92 x 5 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871403
Summary
A mahogany towel or clothes horse, English, early 19th century. Of two hinged folds, each of three simple rails, The uprights with block knuckle joints and topped by turned urn finials. The feet pear-shaped.
Provenance
Date of acquisition 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.