Bedstead part
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak and metal
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937880
Summary
Head end of a four-poster bedstead with: (a) two square, tapering, oak head posts with bevelled/smoothed edges and decorative shaping below the point at which the end and side rails are bolted to the post, the bottom of the posts becoming octagonal. Each post has a wood fillet with which to retain the headboard, a metal spike at the top, hooks on which to attach curtain rods and single bolt holes to receive end/side rails with one bolt at each end; (b) plain oak (?) end rail with rebated inside edge and tacks where a canvas would have been attached (now missing).
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).