Bedpost
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak and metal
Measurements
2008 mm (Height)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937878.1.2
Summary
One of two turned oak column bed posts, each with square lower section on tall round feet, single bolt holes to receive end/side rails with one bolt at each end, and with two slots in the inside edge in which to fit a head/footboard. Each post also has a metal spike at the top and two square hooks from which to suspend curtain rods. Part of an end section of a four-poster bedstead.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).