School desk
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1950 - circa 1979
Materials
Wood
Measurements
Chair - 390 mm (width); 780 mm (height), Desk - 560 mm (width); 610 mm (height); 430 mm (depth)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 669414
Summary
A mid 20th century child's wooden school chair and a wooden school desk. The chair has a solid shaped seat, plain legs, two plain back uprights, posts and a curved wood back piece (narrow). The desk has plain wooden legs and a lid which opens on metal hinges revealing a space inside to store books etc. It also has a round hole in the wood on the top right-hand side to be used to slot an ink pot into. The surface of both the chair and desk are worn, stained with ink and scratched. Total number of items is 2.