18/1978-3-1

Collection

Furniture

Brief description

One of a set of six wooden dining chairs designed by W.H. Russell for Gordon Russell Ltd., upholstered with cotton chenille fabric designed by Marian Pepler for Edinburgh Weavers, 1934.

Object name

chair

Object number

18/1978-3-1

Production person

W.H. Russell (designer)
Marian Pepler (designer)

Production organisation

Gordon Russell Ltd (manufacturer)
Edinburgh Weavers Ltd (manufacturer)

Production date

1933 (designed)

Production place

Broadway (designed)

Period

Twentieth century (1900-1999)

Material

walnut
cotton chenille

Technique

joined
turned
upholstered

Physical description

Dining chair with walnut legs, upholstered with cotton chenille fabric. The ground of the fabric is beige with a brown herring bone pattern with a repeating pattern of a pale brown or cream sphere eclipsing an orange sphere, a pale brown sphere eclipsing a blue sphere, one eclipsing a green sphere and one eclipsing a cream sphere.

Dimensions

Height: 85cm
Width: 45cm
Depth: 51cm

Website keywords

seating
dining furniture

Label

Caption for Exploring 20th Century London website:
This chair is one from a set of six dining chairs bought for a house called 'Oakbeams' in Southgate, north London. The house's owner, Robert Cole, a theatre designer, had it re-furnished in a modern style in the1930s by the well-known furniture designer and manufacturer Gordon Russell. The chairs are from the 'Welbeck' range and retain their original upholstery, a fabric called 'Eclipse' which was designed in 1935 by Marion Pepler. They were chosen to go with a table, which is also available to see on this website (18/1978-2) and together would have been considered the height of furnishing fashion at the time. A standard lamp bought for 'Oakbeams' can also be seen on this website (18/1878-6).