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Description: | Sample of cut pile wool moquette with green fabric bound edge and two eyelets. Red roundel motif with light and dark green circle and divided diamond pattern.
11521
System - Design
Tube
TfL
Transport
1940s
Greater London
Sample of an upholstered seat cover with circular and semicircular motifs and diagonal lines in red and green on a dark green background; has an numbered etiquette and two metal eyelets fixed on one side
Upholstered seat cover, with 'Roundel' design, as used on the 1938 refurbished stock and on R-stock
This moquette design features a circle with light and dark green sections overlaid with the red roundel motif, the corporate symbol of London Transport. It is mounted diagonally within a diamond pattern formed from red, light green and dark green lines. This design appeared during a refurbishment of the 1938 stock, which ran on the Bakerloo and Northern lines and on the R-stock of the District line.
Edmund 'Eddie' Chapman was head designer at John Holdsworth and Co Limited, the original manufacturer of this moquette.
Moquette
Underground Lines
Underground Trains
London Transport Corporate Identity
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1 | Publisher: | http://www.ltmcollection.org/ | Source: | London Transport Museum | Creator: | Eddie Chapman, Designer | Identifier: | ltmcollection.org/1996/577 | Go to resource |
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