Bedpost
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937847
Summary
Two turned polished oak bed posts, possibly foot posts, with square section at the point at which the end and side rails are bolted to the post, to receive end and side rails with one bolt at each end; (a) cut diagonally into two approximately a quarter of the way down the post and re-attached; (b) cut into two diagonally approximately a quarter of the way down the post, the upper section now missing.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).