FDA-A.2071-2020
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.2071-2020
Object type
Identification
Title
School Hall Memorial Vitrine Cabinet
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Oak and rosewood display cabinet; sloping glazed rectangular hinged top enclosing a memorial book, trestle base, in the form of two freestanding fluted pilasters flanking a central panel, with a wreath joined by a shaped platform stretcher, enclosing a Roll of Honour of Etonians who fought in the war in South Africa
Comments
This display case was made for School Hall to hold the Roll of Honour that lists names of Old Etonians who fell in the Boer War. It is designed by the architect of the building and has decorative features which relate it to its surroundings.
In 1904, architects were invited to submit designs for a New School Hall and Library at Eton. Described as ‘the finest public school memorial put up after the South African war', School Hall and School Library were built from 1906–08 as a memorial to the 129 Etonians killed in the Boer War (1899-1902). After a competition limited to Old Etonian architects, the designs of Laurence Kirkpatrick Hall were chosen. Hall worked in partnership with Sidney Kyffin Greenslade, who had worked for E. A. Rickards on the grand baroque town hall in Cardiff.
The building they designed at Eton was in brick with ornamental stone dressings and elaborate internal plasterwork, which are reminiscent of 18th-century French architecture. Inside, similarly ornate panelling lines the interior of the main hall. The new hall and adjoining domed building of School Library were completed between 1906 and 1908.
Built to seat 1,200 boys, School Hall is 120 by 40 feet. The then Head Master, Edmond Warre (1837–1920), had intended it to be place where he was able to address the whole school together.
In 1904, architects were invited to submit designs for a New School Hall and Library at Eton. Described as ‘the finest public school memorial put up after the South African war', School Hall and School Library were built from 1906–08 as a memorial to the 129 Etonians killed in the Boer War (1899-1902). After a competition limited to Old Etonian architects, the designs of Laurence Kirkpatrick Hall were chosen. Hall worked in partnership with Sidney Kyffin Greenslade, who had worked for E. A. Rickards on the grand baroque town hall in Cardiff.
The building they designed at Eton was in brick with ornamental stone dressings and elaborate internal plasterwork, which are reminiscent of 18th-century French architecture. Inside, similarly ornate panelling lines the interior of the main hall. The new hall and adjoining domed building of School Library were completed between 1906 and 1908.
Built to seat 1,200 boys, School Hall is 120 by 40 feet. The then Head Master, Edmond Warre (1837–1920), had intended it to be place where he was able to address the whole school together.
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 960mm
width (actual size): 1030mm
depth (actual size): 750mm
width (actual size): 1030mm
depth (actual size): 750mm
Inscription
Book inscribed: 'ROLL OF HONOUR / OF THOSE ETONIANS / WHO FOUGHT IN THE / WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA / OCTOBER 11 1899-MAY 31 1902'; and: ‘DEPOSITED IN THE SCHOOL HALL / ETON COLLEGE ON MAY 31-1912'
Material
oak
rosewood
glass
pine
rosewood
glass
pine
Physical description
Oak and rosewood display/vitrine cabinet; with a pine turned handle at the rear, with a sloping glazed rectangular hinged top enclosing a memorial book, on scrolled acanthus carved corbels, the trestle base in the form of two freestanding fluted pilasters with acanthus capitals, flanking a central panel with a wreath joined by a shaped platform stretcher, enclosing a Roll of Honour of Etonians who fought in the war in South Africa
Production
Person
Hall, Laurence Kirkpatrick, 1875 - 1950 (Architect)
Date
1906-1912
