A mid-17th century joined and boarded oak part tester-bed headboard, English, circa 1650
Historically converted to an overmantelSurmounted by a shelf, the front edge cusp-carved and punched-decorated, above a pair of panels, each incise-carved with a leaf-filled arch enclosing a large lozenge, centred by a vertical nailed board carved with a single flowering stem against a stippled ground, and flanked by round ended fluted uprights, 136.5cm wide x 10cm deep x 70cm high, (53 1/2in wide x 3 1/2in deep x 27 1/2in high)