FDA-A.2206-2020
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.2206-2020
Object type
Identification
Title
School Library Joint Stool
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Edwardian oak joint stool, in 17th-century style, rectangular moulded top, turned tapering legs joined by stretchers
Comments
Several examples of this stool can be seen in a black and white photograph of School Library dated 1940.
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.
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.
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 520mm
width (actual size): 440mm
depth (actual size): 310mm
width (actual size): 440mm
depth (actual size): 310mm
Material
oak
Physical description
Oak joint stool; in 17th-century-style, with a rectangular moulded top, on ring-turned tapering legs joined by stretchers, on block feet
Production
Person
Laurence Kirkpatrick Hall, (O.E.) (Architect)
Date
1906-08
