FDA-A.1000-2020
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.1000-2020
Object type
Identification
Title
Timbralls Schoolmaster's Desk
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Mahogany schoolmaster's desk, sloping hinged green leather top, frieze drawer, square tapering legs, concave-fronted shelf
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 1250mm
width (actual size): 600mm
depth (actual size): 460mm
width (actual size): 600mm
depth (actual size): 460mm
Material
mahogany
pine
brass
pine
brass
Physical description
Mahogany schoolmaster's desk; with a hinged sloping green leather-lined top above a brass escutcheon and frieze drawer with brass roundel backplates and ring-pull handles, above a concave-fronted shelf, on square tapering legs joined by H-form stretcher
Production
Date
1830-1840
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Possibly collection of Oliver van Oss; by whom presented to Eton College
