Untitled
Atherton
Category
Furniture
Date
1780 - 1810
Materials
Oak, mahogany, pine, metal, brass, canvas and rope
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 930923
Summary
Single fourposter bed with: (a.i+ii) two square tapering oak and mahogany veneer head posts with moulding around bottom, brass decorative bolt-hole covers, tack marks, top spike, and castors; (b.i+ii) two turned mahogany foot posts, one marked 'Atherton' (believed to be .ii), moulding around the base, top spike, and castors, .ii incised 'VI' and 'VIII'; (c.i+ii) two oak side rails, each with canvas with rope holes tacked along entire length and 'cut off' corner, .i with rope attached, and a bolt at either end (one missing from c.ii); (d.i+ii) two end rails, each with a bolt at either end, .i with short length of striped canvas with rope holes tacked along length of rail; .ii with long length of striped canvas with centre seam tacked along centre of rail; (e) plain rectangular pine headboard with tack marks. No tester.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Makers and roles
Atherton, maker