Model Sash Window

[Fred Page]

I have a friend who wonders whether there is a 'museum of woodwork' that might be interested in a model sash window of known provenance. It dates to 1910 and was made by his father (but post apprentice days, i.e. it's not an 'apprentice piece' but has all the characters of such). He has drawings and other documents concerning the item. It deserve a suitable home. Any suggestions anyone?
Fred.

 

[halken]

If you were in the north east i would suggest Beamish Museum (full of items from this era like working drift mine working tram system, houses were taken down brick by brick and rebuilt there), is there nothing like it where you live

 

[houtslager]

I'd give it a good home, just to rub the German carpenters and cab'makers around here that Brit's Have and STILL make quality stuff

Seriously, I'd give money to any charity of your choice if you let me have it.

HS suffering from lifting too many 9m planks

 

[Fred Page]

Thanks Kenny but I think it needs a more specialised location. I always feel that woodwork and joinery in particular is ill-served as far as its history is concerned. Even an expert sash window maker (and I know there is one on this forum) might show interest but that would put the object in a commercial setting – but I feel it deserves more than that – sadly it isn’t often that you come across a sash window museum! That’s what it really needs.

 

[tnimble]

You could of course start the worlds irst sash window museum

But seriously. The drawings and the documents should be free knowledge (free as in freedom of access) the Project Gutenberg or alike vould be a good place for them or perhapss as the sasis and reference material for a good wikipedia article on the 1900 English sash window.

Just donating the lot to a museum will mostly mean having the window and the documents stored in archive to possible one day be taken on display. For instance the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam have a very large collection of furniture, tools and other woodworking and building related items some of it is on semi permanent display. For instance the city I live has the Teylers Museum who have quite some items on display but have even larger amount of their own collection and a couple of other collections in storage containing complete interiours. I guess all the big English museums will have the same amounts on storage and display.

 

[dickm]

Fred
What about the Avon (?) museum of buildings? It's somewhere near Warwick/Stratford, and has various old buildings moved there for conservation from other sites. Never been myself, but my cousin used to work there years back. Or possibly the Museum of Welsh Rural Life at St Fagans; similar sort of place and might have vernacular buildings of similar style to Hereford.

 

[dickm]

Had another thought today, Fred. What about the Tools and Trades Historical Society? They do displays of old tools and artefacts at some of the shows, so might well be interested in your model as part of their collection?
Somewhere I've got the odd copy of their journal; could look out names and addresses if you are interested.

 

[Chris Knight]

It's possible the V&A would be interested. They have a section with joinery that can be disassembled to see how it goes together.