58/1997-2
Collection
Furniture
Brief description
Footstool or ottoman with a white injection moulded ABS plastic pedestal support and orange wool upholstery, designed by Robin Day for Hille in 1970, and manufactured in England in c.1970. This footstool was donated by the original owner and there is a Documenting Homes collection associated with this object, 222/2011.
Object name
footstool
Object number
58/1997-2
Production person
Robin Day (designer)
Production organisation
Hille (manufacturer)
Production date
1970 (designed)
Production place
Great Britain (designed)
Great Britain (manufactured)
Great Britain (manufactured)
Period
Twentieth century (1900-1999)
Material
wool
plastic
plastic
Technique
moulded
upholstered
upholstered
Physical description
Square ottoman footstool to accompany armchair 58/1997-1, upholstered in an orange woven textile, possibly wool. The footstool has a white metal circular base, which can be swivelled and is stamped on the base.
Dimensions
Depth: 56cm
Height: 35cm
Width: 56cm
Height: 35cm
Width: 56cm
Website keywords
Decoration and furnishings
furniture
seating
furniture
seating
Label
Caption for Exploring 20th Century London website:
This chair was made by the London furniture manufacturers Hille. Hille were a family firm who designed and made high-quality furniture. Before the Second World War they had a factory in Old Street in the East End. The factory was destroyed in the Blitz but the firm re-started in the late 1940s in Watford. At this time they decided to design and produce the most innovative and technically advanced forms of furniture, of which this chair is an example. It was designed in 1970 and was made from injection-moulded plastic.
These particular pieces were bought by a married couple, a solicitor and housewife in their thirties, who lived with their two young children in Epping. Their house was a modern design, built in 1964 and the chair and footstool were used in the living room, which was furnished with other modern furniture, white-painted walls and wooden flooring covered with rugs.
This chair was made by the London furniture manufacturers Hille. Hille were a family firm who designed and made high-quality furniture. Before the Second World War they had a factory in Old Street in the East End. The factory was destroyed in the Blitz but the firm re-started in the late 1940s in Watford. At this time they decided to design and produce the most innovative and technically advanced forms of furniture, of which this chair is an example. It was designed in 1970 and was made from injection-moulded plastic.
These particular pieces were bought by a married couple, a solicitor and housewife in their thirties, who lived with their two young children in Epping. Their house was a modern design, built in 1964 and the chair and footstool were used in the living room, which was furnished with other modern furniture, white-painted walls and wooden flooring covered with rugs.
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