Head post
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Pine and metal
Measurements
2590 mm (Height)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937835.12.2
Summary
One of two plain, square, pitch (?) pine, tapering head posts, each with a fillet for retaining the headboard (not present) and with metal hooks at the top for hanging textiles; part of a mahogany tester bedstead.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).