PP/1/5/6-7 - Taking the chair in classics, Sunday Times, 3/5/64

Reference code

PP/1/5/6-7

Level of description

Item

Title

Taking the chair in classics, Sunday Times, 3/5/64

Date/s

1964

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Press cuttings

Personal name

Breuer, Marcel
Race, Ernest
Jones, Jennifer
Jones, Colin (architect)

Subject

Bauhaus
Isokon long chair
Isokon
Remploy Ltd
Isokon Penguin donkey bookcase
Blythburgh (Suffolk). no. 8, Angel Lane
Wassily chair
Dunn's (firm)

Creator

Good, Elizabeth.

Scope and content

Article about the enduring appeal of furniture designed in the 1920s and 1930s, especially that designed by Marcel Breuer. Also refers to the relaunch of the Isokon Penguin Donkey bookcase designed by Ernest Race. Mentions Bauhaus, Long Chair, Isokon, Remploy, Jennifer and Colin Jones, and Dunn's of Bramley's exhibition marking the rebirth of Isokon. Includes photographs of Jack Pritchard sitting in a long chair in his house at Blythburgh, and Breuer's Wassily chair. 2 copies.

PP - Pritchard Papers
- PP/1 - Biographical Papers of Jack Pritchard
  - PP/1/5 - [Articles and photographs about or relating to Jack Pritchard]
    - PP/1/5/6-7 - Taking the chair in classics, Sunday Times, 3/5/64

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