58/1997-1
Collection
Furniture
Brief description
Armchair with a white injection-moulded ABS plastic shell and orange wool upholstery, including a removable seat cushion, designed by Robin Day for Hille in 1970, and manufactured in England in c.1970. This armchair was donated by the original owner and there is a Documenting Homes collection associated with this object, 222/2011.
Title
4-4000
Object name
armchair
Object number
58/1997-1
Production person
Robin Day (designer)
Production organisation
Hille (manufacturer)
Production date
1970 (designed)
Production place
England (designed)
England (manufactured)
England (manufactured)
Period
Twentieth century (1900-1999)
Material
wool
plastic
metal
plastic
metal
Technique
moulded
upholstered
upholstered
Physical description
Armchair with a moulded ABS plastic shell in white, combining seat and back, padded and upholstered in an orange woven textile, possibly woollen, with four buttons on back rest, and a removable seat cushion. The armchair stands on a white metal swivel disc base.
Dimensions
Depth: 95cm
Height: 90cm
Width: 77.5cm
Height: 90cm
Width: 77.5cm
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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