Foot post
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak and metal
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937967.2
Summary
Pair of round, oak (?) tapering foot posts, each with square section at the point at which the end and side rails are bolted to the post (to take end/side rails with a single bolt at each end), metal top spike and two hooks on which to hang curtain rods; (.i) is incised 'III' and 'IIII' at the point at which the end/side rails are bolted to the post; (.ii) is incised 'V' and 'VI' at the point at which the end/side rails are bolted to the post. Part of an incomplete bedstead.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).