Head post
Category
Furniture
Date
1830 - 1837
Materials
Mahogany, pine and metal
Measurements
2565 mm (Height)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 931070.1.2
Summary
One of two square, tapering, red-stained pine head posts with some mahogany veneer, fillet for retaining the headboard and additional moulding at the foot, (.i) has ‘I’ incised at the point at which the side rail is bolted to the post, (.ii) has ‘VI’ incised at the point at which the side rail is bolted to the post; part of a William IV mahogany tester bedstead.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
VI (incised at the point at which the side rail is bolted to the post)