ercol chair  

Has
Has it got a solid or webbed seat ?
I prefer the solid seated version, and sell them for about 130 GBP, in fact I sold one a couple of days ago

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thanks for the quick reply Robert, it has a solid seat, its like this but has a different back cushion with two small leather straps and steel nubbins, the back has plain dowells, the fabric is a dark green wool.
Its growing on me and this photo does it no justice. I think I'll hang onto it, it will take a couple of years for my compatriots to cotton on, right now I think I'd get about $50.00 for it!

Hi
Hi Heath
We usually make new seat cushions and remove the back cushions, people seem to prefer just to use smaller cushions and leave the back struts exposed.

cheers, I'll hang onto it...
cheers, I'll hang onto it for a while. I enjoy owning this stuff even if its not what I usually like.
Why is it that Ercol has survived when so many other manufacturers have failed in the last 30 years?

Ercol seems to have got a lot...
Ercol seems to have got a lot more popular over the last few years - it always used to be a bit of a poor relation to the 'big' British names but now a few good dealers are carrying it. Makes me wince a bit now to think of the mountains of it I've passed by in the past! I've always felt it had a slight affinity to Heywood Wakefield stuff in the states - well made, plentiful, easy on the eye but never 'Wow look at that!'. I do like the 'pebble' table nests and the lounge chair + ottoman that are in the Austerity to Affluence book.

isn't the Butterfly Chair jus...
isn't the Butterfly Chair just about perfect ? apparently it's Kevin McClouds (British TV design hero) most coveted design. recently reissued through Margaret Howell