FDA-A.350:22-2022
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.350:22-2022
Object type
Identification
Title
School Hall Presentation Chair: EAR Rube
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Wooden chair; the shaped top-rail carved with seven roundels above name and dates; a saddle seat; on composite block and turned legs joined by stretchers; flattened bun feet
Comments
This chair is one of a set of 22 School Hall Presentation Chairs.
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 875mm
width (actual size): 400mm
depth (actual size): 370mm
width (actual size): 400mm
depth (actual size): 370mm
Inscription
Top-rail carved with the name and dates: ‘E A R Rube / 1900-1905'
Material
oak
Physical description
Wooden chair with shaped top-rail carved with seven roundels above carved name; saddle seat on composite block and turned legs joined by stretchers on flattened bun feet
Production
Person
Organisation
St Sidwell's Art Works, Exeter (Maker)
Date
1913-1928
History and association
Associated object
FDA-A.350-2013 (one of a set)
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by Eton College between c.1913 and 1928
