FDA-A.2209-2020
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.2209-2020
Object type
Identification
Title
Anderson Sideboard
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Arts and Crafts oak, cherrywood, and ebony inlaid chiffonier/sideboard, scrolled gallery and shelf, four drawers, two cupboard doors, platform base
Comments
This sideboard was used at Eton College by Eric and Poppy Anderson when Eric was Head Master. The Andersons later donated it to the College.
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 1420mm
width (actual size): 1570mm
depth (actual size): 490mm
width (actual size): 1570mm
depth (actual size): 490mm
Material
oak
ebony
ebony
Physical description
Oak, cherrywood, and ebony inlaid chiffonier/sideboard; with a scrolled cresting centred by a later roundel and inlaid with an ebony disc at each end, above a shelf with trestle supports, the lower section with a rectangular top above four drawers flanked by two cupboard doors with beading, with turned handles, on a platform base
Production
Date
1880-1910
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Purchased from an antique shop in Ludlow, Shropshire for the Head Master's House, Eton College, by the former Head Master and his wife Eric and Poppy Anderson; by whom presented to Eton College
