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Description: | This chair was made by the firm W. Lusty & Sons in Bromley-by-Bow. Lusty?s factory was near the Docklands which were a target of enemy bombing in the Second World War. The factory was destroyed by a bomb on 7 September 1940 at the start of the Blitz. It took five years for it to be rebuilt and this chair dates from the time when production started again. It is stamped with the mark CC41 which was applied to all furniture made during and straight after the War (1942-53) under the Government?s Utility Scheme, which aimed to conserve resources and ensure a supply of furniture to those who needed it. The stamp proved the chair conformed to the scheme and meant the buyer did not have to pay tax on it. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Geffrye Museum | Rights holder: | Geffrye Museum | Subjects: | London at War Art and Design Home and Family | Temporal: | 1945-1953 | Source: | Geffrye Museum | Creator: | W. Lusty & Sons Ltd | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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