Side rail
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, metal and canvas
Measurements
100 x 12 x 30 mm; 1735 mm (Length); 76 mm (Width); 100 mm (Depth)
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937994
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, and with a fillet of wood tacked along the length of the rail with cut-out sections in which to accommodate bed slats. There is a bolt hole at each end and each end has na incised 'V'.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
V (incised at both ends of the rail)