Bedstead part
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, metal and canvas
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937968
Summary
Incomplete bedstead with: (a) pair of square, tapering head posts, each with a metal top spike, hook from which to hang a curtain rod and fillet for retaining a headboard; (b) pair of octagonal foot posts, each with a metal top spike and two hooks from which to hang a curtain rod; (c) pair of plain end rails, each with a length of canvas attached; (.i) has a narrow, long length of canvas attached with rope holes down each side; (.ii) has a wider, short length of canvas, cut at angles and with rope holes along the loose long edge.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).