Head post
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak and metal
Measurements
1720 mm (Height)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937882.1.1
Summary
One of two turned oak head posts, each with a square section at the point at which the headboard and end and side rails would be attached to the posts. Each post also has a fillet with which to retain the headboard, single bolt holes to receive end/side rails with one bolt at each end, and a metal top spike; (a.ii) is missing the top part of the post and therefore also the top spike. Part of a child's oak four-poster bedstead.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).