Head post
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak and metal
Measurements
2082 mm (Height)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937860.1.2
Summary
Head post with top spike, part of a group of three slim, tapering, oak bed posts, each with octagonal upper section with square metal hooks at the top ([a.i] also with additional pine fillet for retaining a headboard), and square lower section with slots for end/side rails though without bolt holes for bolting the rails to the posts. At the point at which the shape of the posts changes from octagonal to square there is a simple carved shape to separate the two. This is higher on the two head posts and lower on the foot post. Each post has tacks at various points, some of which have trapped fragments of textile underneath.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).