FDA-A.945-2020
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.945-2020
Object type
Identification
Title
G. F. Warre Cabinet
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Oak cabinet (or bookcase), with two grille doors, label
Description
Content (other)
Dimensions
height: 1310mm
width: 1280mm
depth: 260mm
width: 1280mm
depth: 260mm
Inscription
Two giltwood plaques one on the front and one inside, with black lettering: 'PRESENTED IN 1957 TO THE ETON SOCIETY / by / Captain G.F. Warre, C.B.E., / MEMBER OF THE ETON SOCIETY / 1893-1894'
Material
oak
silvered metal
giltwood
silvered metal
giltwood
Physical description
Oak and metal wall cabinet; with an overhanging cornice carved with a band of oak leaves above two grille doors enclosing three shelves and with two giltwood plaques, one on the front, one inside, with black lettering
Style
Edwardian
Production
Date
1890-1900
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Captain George Francis Warre (1876/7-1957); by whom presented to the Eton Society, Eton College, in 1957
