Foot post
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak and metal
Measurements
1715 mm (Height)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937882.2.2
Summary
One of two turned oak column foot posts, each with a square section at the point at which the end and side rails are bolted to the post, with single bolt holes to receive end/side rails with one bolt at each end, and with a metal top spike; (b.i) has had the top section of post removed. 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).