School desk
Category
Education objects
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1899
Materials
Wood and iron
Measurements
520 mm (width); 692 mm (height); 1825 mm (length)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665310
Summary
A long, wooden 19th century school desk to seat five children. Two pairs of iron legs, with splayed feet, are bolted to the long desk, the long shelf beneath the desk and the corresponding long seat as a single unit. Between each pair of legs is an iron bar. There are four circular holes in the desk which would receive inkwells. Between these holes are five narrow slits which would have held slates.
Provenance
'Derbyshire Museum Service History of Education Collection' - a collection established by Derbyshire Museum Service (through gifts from individuals, Derbyshire schools and purchases) in the 1940s and stored at Sudbury Hall from the early 1970s to 2012. The National Trust managed the collection between 1991 and 2012 when legal ownership was transferred from Derbyshire County Council to the National Trust.