Side rail
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak and metal
Measurements
103 mm (Width) x 69 mm (Depth); 1800 mm (Length)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937902
Summary
Plain oak side rail for a bed (warped) with rebated top edge to which a canvas mattress support would once have been tacked (canvas not present, tacks remaining), and an additional short, narrow length of wood attached to the centre of the rail on which a wood support would presumably have rested. The outer edge is nicely finished and there is a single bolt hole and bolt at each end of the rail. One end is incised 'II'.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
II (incised at one end)