Bedstead part
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mahogany, oak, brass, metal and canvas
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937870
Summary
Incomplete mahogany four-poster bed, probably a tester bed, with: (a) two turned mahogany column posts, each on a thick square base incorporating bolt holes to receive end/side rails with one bolt at each end, the bolt holes covered by a hinged, pressed brass rosette (not all present), and the square bases tapering downwards to a foot with additional moulding. Each post also has a brass pin just over half way up and a metal top spike; (b) two turned mahogany column posts, each on a thick square base (not as thick as [a.i+ii]) incorporating bolt holes to receive end/side rails with one bolt at each end, the bolt holes covered by a hinged, pressed brass rosette (not all present), and the square bases tapering downwards to a foot with additional moulding. Each post also has a brass pin just over half way up and has been sawn just above the pin, the upper part of the post now missing; (c) oak (?) end rail with plain but decoratively finished outer edges and with a short length of canvas with rope holes tacked to a rebated inner edge.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).