Head post
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood and metal
Measurements
2000 x 70 x 73 mm; 74 mm (Width); 110 mm (Height); 16 mm (Width); 45 mm (Depth)
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937968.1.1
Summary
One of 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; part of an incomplete bedstead.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).