Hat Stand
ca. 1879-1881 (made)
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The stand was designed by the distinguished architect George Edmund Street (1824-1881) for the Royal Courts of Justice, which he had been commissioned to design in 1868. They opened in 1882 in the Strand, London, a fitting climax both to Street's prolific career and 19th century gothic architecture. The donor, an articled clerk in the 1960s, remembered seeing a hat stand of this type in the refreshment room of the Law Courts.
George Edmund Street provided in depth designs for both the exterior and interior of the Royal Courts of Justice, which were then executed by a number of contracted firms. This stand was made by the London based firm Thomas Potter and Sons, of South Moulton Street, London. In 1881 Thomas Potter and Sons were awarded the contract to make ornanmental ironwork for the Royal Courts of Justice. They had previously installed the majority of the piping equipment for the gas lighting system in the building.
George Edmund Street provided in depth designs for both the exterior and interior of the Royal Courts of Justice, which were then executed by a number of contracted firms. This stand was made by the London based firm Thomas Potter and Sons, of South Moulton Street, London. In 1881 Thomas Potter and Sons were awarded the contract to make ornanmental ironwork for the Royal Courts of Justice. They had previously installed the majority of the piping equipment for the gas lighting system in the building.
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| Materials and techniques | Iron, cast and wrought |
| Brief description | Ironwork hat stand, designed by George Edmund Street and made by Thomas Potter and Sons for the Royal Courts of Justice, England, ca.1882 |
| Physical description | Central vertical shaft from which four branches radiate at each of the four fixed points. The four feet to which the shaft has been attached are joined by a circle of iron. The knop at the top of the shaft is in the shape of a pine cone while each branch of the the hat stand emerges from a stylised foliate stem on a stepped architectural detail and twists to end in a rounded finial. Tooled decoration on the shaft consists of spaced circular depressions. The four legs of the base are ornamented above by an incised arrow tooling and below by sprandrels terminating in quatrefoils. |
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| Credit line | Given by John S.M. Scott |
| Summary | The stand was designed by the distinguished architect George Edmund Street (1824-1881) for the Royal Courts of Justice, which he had been commissioned to design in 1868. They opened in 1882 in the Strand, London, a fitting climax both to Street's prolific career and 19th century gothic architecture. The donor, an articled clerk in the 1960s, remembered seeing a hat stand of this type in the refreshment room of the Law Courts. George Edmund Street provided in depth designs for both the exterior and interior of the Royal Courts of Justice, which were then executed by a number of contracted firms. This stand was made by the London based firm Thomas Potter and Sons, of South Moulton Street, London. In 1881 Thomas Potter and Sons were awarded the contract to make ornanmental ironwork for the Royal Courts of Justice. They had previously installed the majority of the piping equipment for the gas lighting system in the building. |
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| Accession number | M.62-1997 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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