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Description: | This chair and footstool were designed in 1955 by Ernest Race. Race studied in London and after the Second World War formed his own furniture manufacturing company using new technology and materials. During and straight after the War, when timber had been in short supply, Race worked with metal to design more modern furniture forms. The original owner of the chair and footstool was an architectural draughtsman who lived in Putney, not far from Race?s factory and showroom in Clapham. He was in his late twenties and single when he bought the chair and footstool to furnish his sitting room in the late 1950s/early 60s. They were combined with other contemporary furniture and white-painted walls, giving a ?modern? feel despite the house being Edwardian. The sitting room was kept for best which explains why the original top covers of the upholstery have survived in such good condition. | 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: | c.1955 | Source: | Geffrye Museum | Creator: | Race, Ernest | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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