Library Furniture

2024 The maple bookcase in the library foyer of the Elizabeth Jamieson Research Learning Centre.

The most prominent furnishing in the foyer of the Beanland Library is an historic maple bookcase, which holds the ‘Kennedy Caincross’ collection of prize books donated by past students. This maple bookcase, standing over two meters in height, with moulded cornices above two levels of glazed sliding doors, all enclosing adjustable shelves, was one of a series that adorned the walls of the School’s first library building in 1958, located in the Reference Library on the second floor, and contained the extensive non-fiction collection.

In front of the maple bookcase, Left to right: Natalie Wu (8B), Allegra Fotheringham (8G), Chloe Liu (8E).