Bedpost
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak (?) and metal
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937849
Summary
Two turned oak (?) bed posts with square section at the point at which the end and side rails are bolted to the post, to receive end/side rails with one bolt at each end, on squat ball feet and with two square metal hooks at the top; one of the posts is incised 'V' and 'VI' at the point at which the end and side rails are bolted to the post, and the other post 'VII' and 'VIII' similarly.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).