Head post
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak, pine and metal
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937861
Summary
Two tall, square, tapering, oak head posts, each with top spike, tacks/tack marks, castor inset into the base, bolt holes to receive end/side rails with two bolts at each end, and additional fillet, probably pine, for retaining a headboard.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).