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| Image Reference Number: | GM08_06 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Gomme furniture designed by R.D. Russell |
| Photographer: | Wainwright |
| Date: | 1951 |
| Decade: | 1950-1959 |
| Manufacturer: | E Gomme Ltd. |
| Designer/Creator: | Russell, R D |
| Description: | Sideboard, folding table and armchair designed by R.D. Russell for E.Gomme Ltd, photographed in a room set. Prototypes made of Nigerian cedar with teak veneered doors were displayed at the Festival of Britain exhibition in 1951 but seem not to have been produced commercially. |
| Notes: |
Wainwright photographer's stamp and the date 1951 are on the reverse of the print. See also GM08_07 & 08. References: "R.D. Russell & Marian Pepler" exhibition catalogue by Rosamund Allwood, 1983, and The Cabinet Maker 16.02.1952 pg 793. |
| Concepts: |
furniture |
| Technical Terms & Materials: |
sideboards, armchairs, teak, gate-leg tables, Nigerian cedar |
| Copyright: | contact HWeFA for details about re-use of this image |
| Collection Title: | HWeFA |
| Object Type: | photographic print |
| Object Dimensions (cm.): | 21 x 15.5 |
| Colour Type: | black and white |
| Cataloguer: | Oliver Heal |
| Auto ID Number: | 298 |
| Categories: | Room Sets/ Living Rooms/ 1950-1959 |
