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Image Reference Number:
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EPBW10_60_2
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Title:
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Ercol: Showroom exhibition Stand
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Photographer:
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unknown
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Date:
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c. 1969
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Decade:
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1960-1969
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Manufacturer:
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Ercol Furniture Ltd.
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Description:
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B/W photographic print showing: an Ercol showroom stand explaining the growth of the elm tree and virtues of elm as a furniture making timber.
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Text Transcript:
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'ELM; A most beautiful English timber with unequalled wealth of colour and graining neglected for centuries until ERCOL perfected new scientific techniques to give craftsmanship in solid elm the pride of place in any home.'
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Notes:
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The cross-sectional view shows the tree was planted in 1850, felled in 1966 and ready for use in 1969.
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Concepts:
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advertising , publicity
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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 16
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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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Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 GMT 2008
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Auto ID Number:
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2104
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Categories:
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Advertising and Promotions/
Point of Sale and Retailing
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