Library bookcase
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
wood
Measurements
557 mm (Height) x 445 mm (Width) x 221 mm (Depth)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672350.1
Summary
A small wooden bookcase cabinet with a ply wood back, the shelves held in position by wooden pegs inserted in holes in the cabinet walls.
Provenance
Part of a large collection of handmade toys and puzzles donated to the Museum of Childhood in 2019 by Nigel Briggs. They were made by John Doble, father of the donor's wife Hanne. He had worked with Nancy Catford (of the Nursery Schools Association), the designer of the toys, during the Second World War. Together they produced paper patterns that people could use at home as templates for thin ply patterns which could in turn be used to make their own wooden toys. Other toys were made from dowels and empty cotton reels.