Side rail
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 931805.2.3
Summary
Black-painted iron side rails belonging to one of a pair of single bedsteads, also including: (.1) brass and iron headboard; (.2) brass and iron footboard; (.4) a sprung mattress support with wood ends which is bolted to the head- and footboard. A shaped plaque is missing from the iron rail belonging to the footboard; that on bed (a) is embossed 'PATENTED / 15436'.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).