Ernest Race
Ernest Race was a British textile artist and furniture designer, born in 1913, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. After graduating with a degree in interior design from London’s Bartlett School of Architecture, he joined the lighting firm, Troughton & Young, as a draughtsman. He was a key figure in the British furniture design industry in the 1900s, with his skill involving the use of ingenious manufacturing processes to create contemporary furniture from improvised or recycled materials.
After visiting a weaving village in India in 1937, Ernest returned to London and opened a shop in Knightsbridge, to sell textiles and carpets. He did not start designing furniture until just after World War II, when he answered an advertisement from engineer, J.W. Noel Jordan. His best-known designs are the BA3 aluminium chair of 1945 and the Antelope, designed for the “Festival of Britain” in 1951.
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Ernest Race
Steel
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ernest Race
Steel
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ernest Race
Beech, Plywood
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Ernest Race
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Ernest Race
Steel
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ernest Race
Mahogany
1940s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ernest Race
Steel
1940s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ernest Race
Steel
