Tester
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Softwood and metal
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937839
Summary
Three top decorative rails of a painted tester bedstead, each painted a khaki/olive green with orange and brown scroll and foliate motifs, also with three sets of part ‘rings’, two ‘rings’ at each end and three in the middle, and with metal pins on the reverse. The two side sections (a.i+ii) each have one chamfered end and the foot section (b) has two chamfered ends.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).