Earnest Race

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LRF

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01/07/2007 2:11 am

Does any one know about Earnest Race He was considered one of the most influential British furniture designers of the 20th century.
I know He did several metal pieces of furniture with Primary colors does any one else have any good pics of his works I have not seen much of his work,

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01/07/2007 2:41 am

Hi LRF,
If you put Ernest Race in the search in forum box you will find some material about him. I remeber we have discussed this before so there should be some information there.

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vivienne

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01/07/2007 3:06 am

LRF..
Theres a good reclaimation team that usually has some Race chairs in.
http://www.retrouvius.com

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Robert Leach

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01/07/2007 3:30 am

A lot
A lot of his work is featured in 'Austerity To Affluence'..and I have another book just called Ernest Race (I'll dig it out and tell you more details on it tomorrow)
One of my favourite designers ..I have a prototype chair of his!
Robert

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LRF

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01/07/2007 4:07 am

very little on google
Google has very little info on Earnest Race

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Robert Leach

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02/07/2007 5:31 pm

Ernest Race on Google http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=ernest+race+&meta=

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Robert Leach

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02/07/2007 5:31 pm

Or Better Still....
😉
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=ernest+race+&meta=

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03/07/2007 2:37 am

Protoype chair
Hi Robert,
Which chair do you have?
Thanks. DT

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Robert Leach

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03/07/2007 3:00 am

Excuse..
Excuse the dust and mess, I live in a building site..

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Ben joyner-72

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03/07/2007 2:49 pm

Race Prototype
Hi Robert,
Nice chair, I think I saw one of those on eBay a while ago (perhaps the same one?). How do you know it is an Ernest Race prototype?
Thanks,
Ben.

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Robert Leach

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03/07/2007 4:48 pm

Hi
The person it came from's husband had it from the very early Fifties, and always referred to it as the Ernest Race chair.
All the components, the 'Armstrong' glides, the teak arms - the way they are connected, and the tubular frame construction all point to it being so.
The framework is almost identical to that that of other Race chairs (but in a lot of cases it is covered -I've seen some being reupholstered)
I'm pretty certain it is the prototype I was told it was.

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Graham Mancha

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22/07/2007 3:21 pm

Ernest Race
There is a book on Ernest Race. Here is a link to a synopsis of what it's about... http://reviews.pricegrabber.com/books/mz/12844015/
There is also an excellent review of the Ernest Race book in the The Society Of Architectural Historians of Great Britain's current magazine 'Architectural History' by Professor Neil Jackson. I don't think this is available on-line though.
http://reviews.pricegrabber.com/books/mz/12844015/

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