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Image Reference Number:
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EPBWPR001
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Title:
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Ercol: Factory Drawing
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Photographer:
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unknown
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Date:
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March 13th 1920
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Decade:
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1920-1929
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Manufacturer:
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Furniture Industries Ltd.
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Designer/Creator:
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Ercolani, Lucian R
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Description:
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Black and white photographic print showing: Lucian R. Ercolani's visionary perspective drawing for his first furniture factory on a 12 acre site, Conegra Fields, High Wycombe.
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Notes:
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Lucian R. Ercolani notes in his autobiography, the original drawing was made on the evening of 13th March 1920 and re-discovered thirty years later by a carpenter, removing a wooden partition. He goes on to say.. 'As I approached it I arrived at a five-barred gate. Instead of opening it I climbed over it, and that offered me an incredible sight. I knew the site covered twelve acres, but it seemed much larger. The length of the meadow was about four times its width.. .. I was sure that this was the ideal site for a one-floor factory - where a plank of wood could start at one end and finish up at the other as a piece of furniture' Lucian R. Ercolani. 1975 'A Furniture Maker' Ernest Benn Ltd. London & Tonbrige. page 80.
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Concepts:
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factories , design drawings
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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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35 x 23
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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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Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 GMT 2008
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Auto ID Number:
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2446
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Categories:
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Factories/
Exteriors
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