9/1999

Collection

Metalwork

Brief description

Magazine rack made from chrome-plated steel wire with four rubber-covered feet, designed by Anna Albright for Wireworks in 1994, retailed through Heal's, London.

Title

Forest magazine rack

Object name

magazine rack

Object number

9/1999

Production person

Anna Albright (designer)

Production organisation

Wireworks (designer)

Production date

1994 (designed)
1994 (manufactured)

Production place

England (manufactured)

Period

Twentieth century (1900-1999)

Material

steel
chrome
plastic

Technique

bent
spot welded
plated

Physical description

This magazine rack is made of chrome plated steel wire which is bent into eleven vertical poles, each one bent at the top into a lozenge shape, the tallest being used as a handle. The horizontal base has four metal feet which are covered with plastic. There is a paper label on one of the feet printed, black on white with the words 'wireworks/LONDON'.

Dimensions

Height: 42cm
Width: 26.5cm
Depth: 21cm

Website keywords

Furnishing and fittings

Label

Caption for Exploring 20th Century London website:
Anna Albright, the managing director and an in-house designer at Wireworks, designed this chrome-plated steel-wire magazine rack in 1994. Wireworks made a prototype of the product in their London site off Edgware Road, but it was then manufactured (by hand) elsewhere in the UK. It was purchased from Heal's on Tottenham Court Road.