Text from Financial Times (House & Home sup.) September 19/20 2009.
Photographs by Eliana Tomás.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
London Design Festival - Wallpaper* Chair Arch.
In the courtyard garden of the Victoria & Albert Museum, a key location for the festival, Wallpaper* magazine has chosen to revive a long-forgotten British tradition; when towns would build a commemorative arch spanning the high street to celebrate a royal visit or other special occasion. With designer Martino Gamper, the magazine has constructed a spectacular double arch using 160 original Ercol stacking chairs, made in High Wycombe, central England, once centre of the UK chair industry. It was also the location of the first chair arch, built in 1877 for a visit by Queen Victoria.
Text from Financial Times (House & Home sup.) September 19/20 2009.
Photographs by Eliana Tomás.
Text from Financial Times (House & Home sup.) September 19/20 2009.
Photographs by Eliana Tomás.
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6 comments:
Thanks very much for this blog post Eliana, great photos!
Thank You Kay for such great magazine for so many years and to good projects like this.
thanks also for great photos! my company, ercol, made the chairs. the arch is going to be used again in the V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green from February 2010 to September 2010 as part of their 'Sit Down' exhibition.
edward
www.ercol.com
Edward, thank you very much for your comment.
Yes, I know. I'm really looking forward to seeing that new installation at MOC. I'll definitely take more photos to post on my blog. Did you check the other post with night photographs?
http://elianatomas.blogspot.com/2009/09/wallpaper-chair-arch-last-photos.html
let me know.
sorry I've told you all this once before!!
i'm really losing the plot!
edward
Edward, i love your comments. There's so much proud in what you do and represent. beautiful!
i'm planning to go to MOC this weekend to photograph the new installation. would be lovely to meeting you there. maybe i can ask a couple of questions to enrich my blog article...
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