67/1979

Collection

Furniture

Brief description

'Antelope' chair with a white enamelled bent steel frame and yellow painted plywood seat, designed by Ernest Race in c.1950 for the Festival of Britain in 1951, England.

Title

Antelope I

Object name

chair

Object number

67/1979

Production person

Ernest Race (designer)

Production organisation

Ernest Race Limited (manufacturer)

Production date

1950 (designed)
1951 (manufactured)

Production place

London (designed)
England (manufactured)

Period

Twentieth century (1900-1999)

Material

steel
plywood

Technique

bent
welded
moulded
painted

Physical description

The chair has a bent steel rod frame painted with white enamel with four legs terminating on ball feet. The rods are bent to suggest arms on either side with four ribs forming the back rest. It has a seat of bent plywood painted yellow which is held to the frame by four metal bolts (probably not original). The paint of the seat is very thick and does not appear to be original. 'GILTSPUR/NEC' (the name of the previous owner) is hand-written on the underside of the plywood seat. The object is incorrectly physically numbered 56/1976.

Dimensions

Height: 79.3cm
Width: 56cm
Depth: 52cm

Website keywords

Gardens
garden furniture

Associated persons

Race, Ernest

Associated organisations

Ernest Race Limited

Associated events

Festival of Britain