School desk
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood and iron
Measurements
587 mm (width); 519 mm (height); 918 mm (length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665316
Summary
A wooden school desk to seat two children. Two pairs of iron legs are joined to two corresponding flat metal bases. The tops of the legs are screwed onto the hinged desk, the shelf beneath the desk and the corresponding hinged seat as a single unit. On the front of the desk are narrow slits which would have held slates. Two chequer board patterns are impressed into the desk demarcating each child's place.
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.