Cast Aluminum and Vinyl "BA3" Chairs by Ernest Race for Race Furniture, 1946
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Cast Aluminum and Vinyl "BA3" Chairs by Ernest Race for Race Furniture, 1946
About the Item
- Creator:Ernest Race (Designer),Race Furniture (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 29 in (73.66 cm)Width: 17 in (43.18 cm)Depth: 17 in (43.18 cm)Seat Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Aluminum,Cast
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1946
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Newly upholstered.
- Seller Location:Brooklyn, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU156027880563
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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