Object number
86/236
Description
Window frame fitted with 2 glass sheets reinforced with wire mesh. From the old forge on the Bradfield College estate, Berkshire, 1986.
A heavy wooden window frame which is curved at the top and painted green. It is fitted with two glass sheets reinforced with wire mesh, the original glass having been broken. The window was removed from the old forge on the Bradfield College estate in Bradfield, Berkshire, 1986 when the building was being renovated.
Physical description
1 window: wood; metal; glass; fair condition- original glass has been replaced
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten accession’ form (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘Standard museum name: WINDOW // Accession number: 86/236 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 4.11.86 // Description: This window has a heavy wooden frame curved at the top and painted green. Fitted in the frame with a wooden bar between are two iron windows each with 12 small divisions. The original glass is broken and the space filled with two glass sheets which are reinforced with wire mesh. // Associated information: This window came from a former Forge which was being renovated on the Bradfield College estate. // Width of frame: 115 cm Height of frame: 113 cm // Width of each window: 47 cm Height: 90 cm // Width of each division: 14 cm Height: 20 cm.’
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