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| Image Reference Number: | GC01_086 |
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| Title: | Gomme modern bedroom furniture |
| Photographer: | unknown |
| Date: | 1936 |
| Decade: | 1930-1939 |
| Manufacturer: | E Gomme Ltd. |
| Description: | Gomme modern bedroom furniture in limed, coloured or brown oak from 'Silent Salesman' leaflet no. B.812 in 1936 Gomme Bedroom Furniture catalogue. Illustrates corner dressing table B. 705, wardrobe B.812, cupboard chest B.813, bed B. 815, cot B. 814. |
| Notes: |
Corner dressing table B.705 is shown in limed oak with Bakelite top surfaces. The rest of the items are finished in "steam grey with the corner quarter round buttresses and handles in a dull gold glaze of synthetic resin or bakelite." The bed footboard has a weighted base so is removable for bedmaking and stays upright. |
| Concepts: |
furniture, advertising, publicity, bedrooms |
| Technical Terms & Materials: |
dressing tables, beds, oak, chests, wardrobes, finish (coating), Bakelite, cots |
| Copyright: | contact HWeFA for details about re-use of this image |
| Collection Title: | HWeFA |
| Object Type: | catalogue page |
| Object Dimensions (cm.): | 29 x 25.5 |
| Colour Type: | black and white |
| Context: | Page nine in 1936 Gomme Bedroom Furniture catalogue |
| Cataloguer: | Oliver Heal |
| Date Catalogued: | Mon Jun 25 00:00:00 BST 2007 |
| Auto ID Number: | 218 |
| Categories: | Advertising and Promotions/ Catalogues and Brochures/ 1930-1939, Furniture Models/ E. Gomme Limited / G-Plan/ 1930-1939 |