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Image Reference Number:
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GC02_15
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Title:
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Gomme New Bachelor bedroom furniture
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Photographer:
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unknown
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Date:
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1937
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Decade:
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1930-1939
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Manufacturer:
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E Gomme Ltd.
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Range Name:
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New Bachelor
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Description:
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The "New Bachelor" bedroom suite from 'Silent Salesman' leaflet B.542 in 1937 Gomme Bedroom Furniture catalogue, showing dressing table B.759, chest B.604 and wardrobe B.542. Suggested finishes were 'Bleached Old Oak', 'Broken White Matt' (a biscuit shade) or 'Pastel Shade of Blue'.
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Notes:
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This very simple 'box' shape design with plain, flat, flush fronts and large round knobs would have still been valid thirty years later. Note decorative panels inset on fronts.
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Concepts:
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furniture , advertising , publicity , bedrooms
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Technical Terms & Materials:
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dressing tables , chests , wardrobes , finish (coating)
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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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catalogue page
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Object Dimensions (cm.):
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39 x 25.5
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Colour Type:
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black and white
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Context:
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Page from 1937 Gomme Bedroom Furniture catalogue
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Cataloguer:
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Oliver Heal
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Date Catalogued:
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Fri Jun 29 00:00:00 BST 2007
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Auto ID Number:
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220
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Categories:
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Advertising and Promotions/
Catalogues and Brochures/
1930-1939,
Furniture Models/
E. Gomme Limited / G-Plan/
1930-1939
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