Foot post
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
540 mm (Height)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937835.6.1
Summary
One of two plain wood poles, each with metal cap and spike, and each one slotting into a footpost (f.i+ii) to extend the height; the join between this upper section and the main section of the post concealed by a mahogany collar with carved foliate decoration (h); part of a mahogany tester bedstead.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).