Badminton
Chad Valley
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
2007
Materials
Metal and plastic
Measurements
Each racquet - 441 mm (length); 220 mm (width), Handle - 26 mm (depth), Shuttlecock - 80 mm (height); 65 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Marylebone Road, 242-246
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663042
Summary
A child's badminton set (2007) made from painted metal and plastic and consisting of two racquets and two shuttlecocks. Each racquet has an almost circular metal frame, painted mainly red with silver at the top, with white plastic 'strings'. The handle is made from black plastic moulded into ridges. Each shuttlecock has a pink squashy plastic base and white plastic 'feathers'. Total number of items is 4.
Provenance
Purchased for the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Sue J. Fraser (Collections Assistant) in July 2007.
Makers and roles
Chad Valley, maker