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Office chair dating from 1961. Formed ply on various bases.

Early office chair in ply and chromed steel pedestal. 1962

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042 Chair of 1962

Designed to be used with others in an 'island seating' situation. Cold bent ply set within the top plate and supporting the seat frame. The whole set on chromed steel strip under frame.

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042 Chairs used at Lima Airport, Peru 1963/4

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Stills from the Stanley Kulbrik film '2001 A Space Odyssey' showing the use of a slightly modified 042

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Chair 130 in an internally upholstered version made by Artifort

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Rocking chair 590 of 1962

Upholstered ply shell on steel rod rocking frame. The shell went on to be developed into the 588 programme.

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588 chair of 1966

Formed ply shell on aluminium base. Fixed cushion version

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Airport and public area seating No 484 of 1965

Plywood back and seat designed to bank in lengths of three, all facing one way or opposing directions

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Chicago chair of 1971

Ply shell on laminated ply base

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630 Programme of 1966

Wooden frame on cast aluminium supports. Sucessor to 042 island seating system

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Reprint from Domus magazine on introduction of 630 programme

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620 Island seating system of 1969

Designed to extend the possibility of island seating but with a hexagon plan. Ply, bent ply on wood frame, mounted on steel underframe

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975 Intermediate chair of 1968

Originally loose cushions on a GRP shell with GRP base. Subsequently fixed pads onto high density polystyrene shell and base.

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Reintroduction of 976 on redesigned base. 2002

Chair exhibited in Industry section of Royal College of Art 150th Year Exhibition, 2013.

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Beam mounted Multiple Seating System

Cast aluminium base plates and leg frames around a steel beam set diagonally. Part of a larger programme of office and waiting area seating of 1968.

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Multiple Seating System showing table and arm mounting.

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615 Programme 1973

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Public area sofa system No 615 where a bent steel tube supports an upholstered back. 1973

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Stool and dining chair programme of 1970

Made in high density polystyrene with ply seat. Originally designed for manufacture in bent solid wood which nad been compressed before bending.

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Chesterfield type three seat sofa. 1967

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070 lacquered wood dining chair of 1984

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Series 142 from 1969

Developed over the years to the present day. Formed ply shell on various aluminium bases.

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Series 140

As above

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Michigan chair. 1983 Office and desk chair.

Ply shell whose edge is covered with leather and seat and back upholstery stapled behind a welt to the ply edge. Part of a large programme of varients based on the same shell.

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Low back version of Michigan chair on bespoke designed powder coated cast aluminium base

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248 Chaise Longue. Commonly known as 'Cleo'. Designed 1970 and first made 1971.

Steel tube frame with rubberised webbing, foam and stretch fabric. Still in production.

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Office chair programme 6000.

High Density foam shell, foam rubber pads and cast aluminium arm. On various bases including beam mounted system. 1973

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TAF Programme 1980

High Density polystyrene shells mounted on various bases, including stacking frame, beam system and platform mounting.

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TAF Shell on pressed steel cradle used both on beam mounting and pedestal frame.

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'Metamorphosis'.

Design for a simple chair which by custom screen print fabric, emulated the spirit of chairs from the past, Mackintosh, Chippendale, Edward Barnsley etc. The pages are taken from the Netherlands Textile Museum publication and are of sketches and photos of models by G Harcourt.

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