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Image Reference Number:
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EPBWPR005_4
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Title:
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Ercol: Kiln Drying
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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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Bob Mawson
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Description:
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B/W photographic print showing: Bob Mawson studying temperature charts for the drying kilns.
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Text Transcript:
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...Ercol people smile at the fascination visitors have with the alchemy of the kiln chambers, for it's in the woodyard, out in the open air, that most of the waywardness is drawn from beech, elm and ash, in long, patient years of maturing. One year per inch of thickness is the rule, before the plank is brought for its final acclimatisation. But there is, nonetheless; an essential element of wizardry in that kilning whose secret they would not willingly part with. .. ref: Ercol catalogue 1988, page 8.
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Notes:
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This image appears alongside an article about kiln drying in Ercol's catalogue 1988, page 8.
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Concepts:
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advertising , marketing , catalogues
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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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25 x 20
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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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2347
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Categories:
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People/
People at Work,
Furniture Manufacturing/
Processes/
Conversion/Drying
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