School desk
Wake and Dean
Category
Education objects
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1899
Materials
Wood and iron
Measurements
1610 mm (length); 632 mm (width); 570 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665313
Summary
A long wooden 19th century school desk to seat four children. Two pairs of iron legs, with splayed feet screwed to wooden bars are screwed to the long desk and the corresponding long seat as a single unit. There are four circular holes in the desk which would have each received inkwells. Between these holes runs a shallow ridge.
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.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside the leg: '2o No. 4 WAKE AND DEAN'
Makers and roles
Wake and Dean, maker