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Description: | Furniture and related furniture industry material - The collection about 400 items of furniture consisting of vernacular chairs, chairs from the Thames and Chiltern region and elsewhere; non-vernacular, a selection of chairs collected to illustrate the history of chair design in general; and local, the product of the local furniture industry. Also miniature furniture and sample pieces, an extensive collection of carving patterns, and miscellaneous case furniture. The furniture industry related items number about 3,000 and include a large collection of tools covering the full range of furniture making crafts including material relating to individuals such as the Dean family of turners, local chairmaker Jack Goodchild, and Ebenezer Gomme founder of G-Plan. There are several machines including an early hand powered band saw, morticing machines, treadle lathes and upholstery stuffers. Archive Material includes a small collection of sale catalogues, price lists, account books of companies dating back to the 19th century and other miscellaneous material. Also an extensive collection of recordings taken over the past 30 years including conversations with well-known furniture names such as Gomme, Birch, Vere, Haines and Hudson. Some transcriptions do exist - the tapes can be listened to with prior agreement.
Another tool collection locally is at the Museum of St. Albans, Hatfield Road, St Albans, Herts AL1 3RR (01727 819340), home to the Salaman Collection of woodworking tools. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Castle Hill House
Priory Avenue
High Wycombe Buckinghamshire United Kingdom,
HP13 6PX | FAX: | 01494 421897 | Telephone: | 01494 421895 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:4412 | Go to resource |
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