Bedpost
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak and metal
Measurements
2400 mm (Height)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937871.2.2
Summary
One of two turned oak column bed posts with square section at the point at which the end and side rails are bolted to the post, with bolt holes to receive rails with one bolt at each end. Also with square metal hooks at the top (some missing) for holding curtain rods, and top metal spike, part of an incomplete four-poster bed, possibly a tester bed.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).