End rail
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak and metal
Measurements
198 mm (Width) x 700 mm (Depth); 1694 mm (Length); 100 mm (Width)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937835.9
Summary
Oak (?) foot end rail with shaped underside, central cut-out for central supporting beam, one rebated top edge, possibly where a canvas would have been tacked, and two bolts at either end. One end is incised ‘V’ and the other ‘VI’; part of a mahogany tester bedstead.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).