A flock of ERCOL armchairs

Hello everyone especially our two new followers. Put on POSITIVE head this morning; done 'work', finally joined chairsmith.blogspot.com - it's a wonderful dose of inspiration which gives me a dose of blog inadequacy every time I read it, but it also inspires me to try harder. Then I decided to show you some of the vintage Ercol armchairs we have taken under our wing. These are just a few, there are too many to show in one go and now I will get told off by Josh for only ever blogging about Ercol...sorry Josh!

Here we go..feast your eyes...I think my favourite is the solid elm seat 503 tub chair upholstered using the tea cups fabric...whats yours?

Ole Wanscher Armchairs - Before and After

A while ago we gave a pair of Ole Wanscher Armchairs the Love Vintage treatment, here are the results.

Before

After

They didn't make it onto the website as friends of ours snapped them up for their lovely flat in The Barbican, where the chairs look completely at home along side the lovely G-Plan Sofa Bed. 

Thought it would be nice to show a few pieces in a more natural environment than the blank studio ...... I will also add a few images of the Merrow Sideboard in situ which ended up as part of a fantastic renovation in Cheshire.

Robin Day - Design Hero

Robin Day's highboard featured in Elle Decoration

The highboard in our studio

The lower version may be an even rarer piece

One more Robin Day sideboard blog.....we promise!

Really cool exhibition highlighted in this month Elle Decoration. From March 26 - June 26, you can see Robin Day's rare early pieces and key furniture from the Festival of Britain in the exhibition 'Robin and Lucienne Day: Design and the Modern Interior' at the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, West Sussex. Among the furniture on display will be a very rare highboard on loan from Target Gallery London "The sideboard, dining table and chair are represented in this exhibition, the only examples to survive intact and complete" ... well there's definitely one more highboard and a lovely low version to.

These very rare early designs were Robin Day's first pieces of work for Hille. Very few were produced and I have really struggled to find any detailed information about these pieces. What is clear is they were a little ahead of their time and didn't take off as expected. It's great to see they are being shown and appreciated as pioneering designs.

The sideboards will be available to buy on our website from next week.

Ship Ahoy!!

Thank you thank you to our new blog followers ... not that there will be much ....we are bad bloggers its a case of life interrupts us!

But today I have to made the effort to say a great big thank you to Minimoderns for giving us such a lovely credit on the new opening page of the website....which looks gorgeous, by the way..

We met Minimoderns at Tent last year and our paths crossed again recently. Our furniture and their products are such a perfect fit we were happy to team up our very rare Robin Day sideboard (still coming soon!) and their new Whitby wallpaper.

By the way have you seen the Robin Day feature in this months Elle Deco...there's the sideboard...the other one of the pair we have coming soon ...

ROBIN DAY HILLE SIDEBOARDS COMING SOON...

....coming soon we have a pair of exceedingly rare Robin Day sideboards. Thought you may like a sneak preview of them. They have been fully restored and look simply stunning! What do you think..?

New items in our collection...

This month we have one of the rarest Merrow Associates pieces ever made, the Merrow Associates daybed...

We also have an Ercol modular seating system in various shades of Designers Guild 'Brera' linen...

As well as this unusual de sede design, the DS140 sofa by Reto Frigg...

1950s KITE STRINGs FABRIC - A CLASSIC!

Today I'm thinking about 'KITE STRINGS' designed in 1955 by David Parsons for Heals Fabrics Ltd. It's a gorgeous atomic design with a strong scientific influence and has become something of a 1950s classic! The gorgeous zingy bright colourways this beautiful fabric was produced in , added a real lift to 50s homes after the gruelling war years.

It was produced in at least 3 different colourways; red, yellow and a very rare mauve-grey...here's a picture of the red colourway .

We have all 3 colour ways in stock and will be adding the wall- art and cushions to our new textile collection very soon...