Foot post
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak and metal
Measurements
2040 mm (Height); 135 mm (Height)
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937967.2.2
Summary
One of a 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, part of an incomplete bedstead; (.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.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
V; VI (incised at point at which end/side rails are bolted to the post).