PP/15/1/17 - Isokon Control Company Ltd: Exhibition: British Industrial Art in the Home, Dorland Hall, June 20th - July 12th, 1933

PP/15/1/17

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Isokon Control Company Ltd: Exhibition: British Industrial Art in the Home, Dorland Hall, June 20th - July 12th, 1933

1933-1934

112 items Mixed

Wren, M.
Hearn, A. N.
Foster Brown, W. S.
Pheysey, M. E.

Exhibition of British Industrial Art in Relation to the Home (1933 : Dorland Hall)
Richmond Towers (firm)
Design for To-day (magazine)
Goldschmidt & Howland (firm)
Heals (firm)
Venesta Ltd
Electrolux Ltd
Jeyes (firm)
Zwemmer Gallery
Pilkington Brothers Limited
D. Burkle & Son Ltd
Troughton and Young Ltd
William Harland & Son (firm)
EMG Handmade Gramophone Ltd
Easiwork Ltd
Dell & Wainwright (firm)
Cole Brothers Ltd
Wells Coates & Pleydell-Bouverie (firm)

Includes correspondence relating to all aspects of Isokon's exhibit of a minimum flat. Information is given by the BIA exhibition offices as to the delivery and construction of the display, the charges for rental space, exhibitors' complimentary tickets etc. Isokon and Wells Coates & Pleydell-Bouverie correspond with various companies who take part in the flat display; related payments are made to Isokon. Lists of the companies involved and a description of the exhibit is included. Richmond Towers prepare an exhibition catalogue. The magazine "Design for Today" requests photographs of Isokon's exhibit. Goldschmidt & Howland request to be agents for the flats. Correspondence with the following is included: Heal & Son Ltd (furnishers); Venesta Ltd; Electrolux Ltd; Jeyes' Sanitary Compounds; Messrs Zwemmer (art gallery); Pilkington Bros Ltd (glass manufacturers); D. Burkle & Son Ltd, who would dismantle and store the exhibit; Troughton & Young Ltd (electrical engineers); W. Harland & Son (paint manufacturers); E.M.G. Handmade Gramophones Ltd; Messrs Easiwork Ltd; M.O. Dell & H.L. Wainwright (photographers); Mrs M. Wren & A.N. Hearn, who request commission for rents secured; W.S. Forster Brown, who exhibits an Auto T. Clock; Cole Brothers Ltd, who request the exhibit to be displayed in their store after Dorland; and Miss Pheysey of the D.I.A., who is contacted by Pritchard and asked to contact Cole Brothers Ltd. Not catalogued to item level.