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11/05/2010 12:13 am  

Hi,bought these in a house clearance shop today.All in very good condition.I belive the chairs are Robin Day but is the dining table and small desk also by him.Thank you all.


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whitespike
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11/05/2010 12:31 am  

appears so to me. wanna give...
appears so to me. wanna give it to me? love those hillestack chairs...


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Bentply
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11/05/2010 12:53 am  

The chairs are Days but I hav...
The chairs are Days but I have never seen the table before? interesting.


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Robert Leach
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11/05/2010 1:40 am  

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I've never seen the desk or table before, but the legs look more like Morris & Co. to me..
although I'd expect Morris to be marked, although I'd also expect a Day table or desk to have the round ivorine Hille plaque


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shipwright (UK)
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11/05/2010 3:20 am  

day
again, yes to the chairs, my memory tells me the table legs match the chair legs.
also think the set features in Austerity to Affluence: British Art and Design, 1945-62. STAPLETON, CHAMBERLAIN, RAYNER.


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shipwright (UK)
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17/05/2010 8:56 pm  

chair yes table unlikely
Hillestack side chair 1950 Beech, plywood with walnut veneer. An example exhibited 'Hille-75 years of British Furniture', Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1981. Published in House and Garden, July 1952, p. 63. The retail price form Liberty's was then 66 shillings. About $5-7.
The table, if it were Robin Day would have the ivorine plaque to the undersideof table top stamped HIlle, London and impressed utility mark. Also exhibited at V&A Museum,1981.
notes taken from Austerity to Affluence, British Art and Design 1945-62. The Fine Art Society, Rayner & Chamberlain 1997 p.20


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