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| Image Reference Number: | GA12_03 |
|---|---|
| Title: | G-Plan newspaper advertisement |
| Photographer: | unknown |
| Date: | 8 June 1953 |
| Decade: | 1950-1959 |
| Manufacturer: | E Gomme Ltd. |
| Designer/Creator: | Wilkins, Victor Bramwell |
| Description: |
Newspaper advertisement for G-Plan from the London Evening News, 8 June 1953. One of the earliest advertisements for the range, under the heading 'Attractive New Chairs Join the G-Plan'. Photograph shows room set with dining table, chairs and sideboard; B400 settee and B400 armchair and coffee table. Also shown is drawing of armchair and side table. |
| Notes: | Text stresses "these chairs look right in every room" as interchangeability was one of the fundamental concepts of the G-Plan. Technical information is provided on the construction of the chairs - "luxurious foam rubber cushions, finest rubberized hair or kapok filling, top quality springing". This image appears in the G-Plan New Models folder for 1954-1955 and the designer is noted as 'VBW'. |
| Concepts: |
dining rooms, furniture, advertising, living rooms |
| Technical Terms & Materials: |
dining tables, dining chairs, sideboards, armchairs, kapok, foam rubber, rubberized hair |
| Copyright: | contact HWeFA for details about re-use of this image |
| Collection Title: | HWeFA |
| Object Type: | proof |
| Object Dimensions (cm.): | 25.5 x 38 |
| Colour Type: | black and white |
| Cataloguer: | Oliver Heal |
| Date Catalogued: | Wed Jun 20 00:00:00 BST 2007 |
| Auto ID Number: | 177 |
| Categories: | Advertising and Promotions/ Press Advertising |
