Side rail
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, metal and canvas
Measurements
88 x 69 x 90 mm; 1850 mm (Length); 17 mm (Width); 30 mm (Depth)
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937991
Summary
Wood side rail to a bed, with a short canvas strip tacked almost along the entire length of the rail to a rebated top inside edge. The rail has a fillet in the centre to support a central strengthening board, and a bolt hole at each end (only one bolt present). 'I' is incised at one end of the rail.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
I (incised at one end of the rail)