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Image Reference Number:
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EPBWPR005_2
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Title:
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Ercol: Bow Bending
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Photographer:
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unknown
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Date:
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c. 1988
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Decade:
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1980-1989
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Manufacturer:
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Ercol Furniture Ltd.
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People:
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Jack Holmes
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Description:
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B/W photographic print showing: Jack Holmes in the bow bending shop.
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Text Transcript:
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....Here, amidst the wisps of steam escaping from the retorts, a team of men take solid beechwood and turn it into something as pliable as rope, bending it around specially made jigs and clamping it up to cure. .... ref: Ercol catalogue 1988, page 13.
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Notes:
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This image appears alongside an article about steam bending in Ercol's catalogue 1988, page 13.
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Concepts:
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advertising , marketing , catalogues
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Technical Terms & Materials:
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bending
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Copyright:
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contact HWeFA for details about re-use of this image
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Collection Title:
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HWeFA
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Object Type:
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photographic print
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Object Dimensions (cm.):
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20 x 25
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Colour Type:
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black and white
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Cataloguer:
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Stephen Gange-Moody
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Date Catalogued:
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Mon Oct 27 00:00:00 GMT 2008
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Auto ID Number:
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2318
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Categories:
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People/
People at Work
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