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Ernest Race
'Cormorant' folding chair, circa 1959

4 October 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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Ernest Race

'Cormorant' folding chair, circa 1959
Mahogany-veneered plywood, teak, brass.
68.5 x 53.5 x 69 cm
Manufactured by Ernest Race, Ltd., London, United Kingdom. Underside with manufacturer's printed label ERNEST RACE LIMITED/LONDON/REGD. DESIGN No.894601.

Footnotes

Provenance
Private collection, Geneva
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature
Hazel Conway, Ernest Race, London, 1982, p. 63
Lily Crowther, Award Winning British Design: 1957-1988, London, 2012, pp. 15, 33, 47
Lesley Jackson, Modern British Furniture: Design Since 1945, London, 2013, p. 109

The present model won the Design Centre Award in 1961 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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