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Station seat, British Rail, "Trax" 4 beam unit, aluminium seats on marble blocks, made by OMK Design Ltd, c1992

British Rail station seat

Water filled rubber dummy used in underwater ejection seat trials by the RAE in Folland seat harness.

Test dummy for an ejection seat, c 1960.

circa 1960

Station seat: ex Market Weighton Passenger Station. Cast iron frame with wooden planked seat and back. Cast iron plate set into back with embossed lettering "MARKET WEIGHTON". Log-design cast iron supports.

Station Seat from Market Weighton Passenger Station

Pallet of interior trim and seats from the Lockheed 10A Electra aircraft, serial no 1037, by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Los Angeles county, California, United States, 1935. This includes the Portside seats labelled 1 (front), 2, 3, 4 and 5. The Starboard Seats labelled 1 (front), 3 and 4. 8 seat cushions. The Seats are in various states of completion, some with textile sides and trim missing.

Seats and interior trim for lockheed 10A Electra, serial no 1037, 1935.

1935

A two-part vehicle seating component from a 1933 Ford Model BB (mobile library, formerly operated by Erith Urban District Council), consisting of a shaped wooden seat base and a separate upholstered cushion with internal metal springs. The wooden base is constructed from joined boards forming a tapered seat platform. The cushion is formed with a contoured profile to align with the base, and is covered in a dark, leather-like material stretched over internal padding and a fabric underlayer.

Seat base and cushion

1933

A two-part vehicle seating component from a 1933 Ford Model BB (mobile library, formerly operated by Erith Urban District Council), consisting of a shaped wooden seat base and a separate upholstered cushion with internal metal springs. The wooden base is constructed from joined boards forming a tapered seat platform. The cushion is formed with a contoured profile to align with the base, and is covered in a dark, leather-like material stretched over internal padding and a fabric underlayer.

Seat base and cushion

1933