Head post
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak and metal
Measurements
2040 x 91 x 86 mm; 115 mm (Height); 19 mm (Width)
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937967.1.2
Summary
One of a pair of square, tapering, oak head posts, each with hooks on which to hang curtain rods (top metal spikes missing), and a fillet with which to retain the headboard; (.i) incised 'VIII', part of an incomplete bedstead.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).