End rail
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, metal canvas and rope
Measurements
101 mm (Width) x 80 mm (Depth); 1250 mm (Length)
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937967.3.2
Summary
One of a pair of plain end rails, each with rebated edge to which is attached a length of canvas: (.i) has a narrow, longer length of canvas with rope holes around the edges and rope present; (.ii) has a wider, shorter length of canvas with rope holes along the loose long edge (some rope present). It also has 'Bedstead from over Dairy' handwritten in blue crayon. Part of an incomplete bedstead.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
Bedstead from over Dairy (handwritten in blue crayon)