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Image Reference Number: ESF18_12_04
Title: Ercol upholsterer at work
Photographer: unknown
Date: 1976
Decade: 1970-1979
Manufacturer: Ercol Furniture Ltd.
Description: Colour slide: showing a zip-off cover being fitted over a preformed foam, all in one seat unit for Wychwood Easy Chair (721).
Notes: This image is an outtake from Ercol's 'Craft Around the World' slide presentation from 1976. Date is from the presentation's slide carousel box. The Wychwood suite which consisted also of a three (721/3) and two seat (721/2) sofa was one of Ercol's 'The Soft Touch' ranges of fully-upholstered living room furniture. It boasted a strong frame of 'Solid English Elm'. The term 'zip-off' is used for a removable cover in Ercol Furniture' 79 brochure.
Concepts:
furniture
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upholstery
   
Copyright: contact HWeFA for details about re-use of this image
Collection Title: HWeFA
Object Type: transparency
Object Dimensions (cm.): 3.6 x 2.4
Colour Type: colour
Context: In Bag 12 in Craft World folders
Cataloguer: Stephen Gange-Moody
Date Catalogued: 15/02/2008 00:00
Auto ID Number: 853
Categories: People/ People at Work, Furniture Manufacturing/ Processes/ Upholstery