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Category
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Telephone operator's chair, 1930-1960

1930-1960

Telephone operator's chair, 1930-1960

1930-1960

Modern chair. Beech and plywood 'Jason' chair by Danish architect Carl Jacobs for the London firm

circa 1953

Telephone operator's chair, 1930-1960

1930-1960

Walnut chair from Hôtel Dieu, Europe, 1400-1500

1401-1500

Padded wooden chair, United Kingdom, 1770-1823

1770-1823

BBC Concert Hall Seating

circa 1932

Office Chair

NASA Flight Simulator Chair

1981

Swing Chair

1982

Wooden chair with 12 steel blades, China, 1701-1900

1701-1900

Office chair.

Vitra Miniatures Eero Saarinen Tulip chair

2006

Stacking chair

1996

'Antelope Chair' designed by Ernest Race and manufactured by Race Furniture Ltd.

1955-1962

Mirra office chair

2002-2003

White Round Chair from NHS Nightingale North West

circa 2020

'Un-easy Easy' chair. A model scale 1:5 of an award winning chair to show the relationship between structure and tensional forces in a practical application, 1994.

Un-easy Easy' chair

1994

Chair, Railway Clearing House, oak, seat and back panel re-upholstered in red leatherette, RCH carved on back.

Chair, Railway Clearing House

Chair, Norfolk & Suffolk Joint Committee, oak, seat re-upholstered in red leatherette, N&S carved on back.

Chair, Norfolk & Suffolk Joint Committee

Chair, Eastern Counties Railway, Wooden Chair with red moquette seat. E.C.R. carved on back

Chair, Eastern Counties Railway

Carver chair, Midland Railway, wooden wheel back, M.R. carved in back, no provenance.

Chair, Midland Railway

Chair, Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway, dark brown leather seat, 'T&HJR' carved in back, no provenance.

Chair, Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway

Signalman's chair, North Staffordshire Railway, wooden, high-sided seat painted red, windows in either side, ex Leek Brook Junction South signal box, c1870.

Signalman's chair, North Staffordshire Railway

1870

Chair, ladderback, mahogany, with dark line green upholstery, Great Central Railway, GCR brass lettering on panel, heavily restored.

Chair, ladderback, mahogany

Chair, Midland Railway, wooden with brown leatherette seat, 'M' carved on back, no provenance.

Wooden chair, Midland Railway

Chair, Great Eastern Railway, oak, with 'GER' carved on lower back rail, ex Mark's Tey Station.

Chair, Great Eastern Railway

Chair, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, straight back, blue leather seat with 'M.S.&L.R.' carved across back.

Chair, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway

Chair, Great Eastern Railway, ornate carved wooden back, brown leatherette seat, 'GER' carved in scroll letters on back, 'GER 1881' stamped underneath with makers plaque, 'Blyth & Sons Manufacturers 4 Chiswell St. London.'

Chair, Great Eastern Railway

Chair, Great Central & Great Northern Railway, wooden with brown leather seat.

Chair, Great Central & Great Northern Railway

Chair, Hull & Barnsley Railway, ornate wooden chair with seat & back panel upholstered in brown leather, on costers.

Chair, Hull & Barnsley Railway

Chair, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, straight-backed wooden chair with brown leatherette seat 'MS & L' carved on back.

Chair, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway

Chair, Norfolk & Suffolk Joint Committee, oak, seat re-upholstered in red leatherette, 'N&SC' carved on back.

Wooden chair, Norfolk & Suffolk Joint Committee

Chair, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, straight back with leather inset, red leather seat & back panel, 'LYR' carved at top of back.

Chair, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Chair, Great Central Railway, straight back, re-upholstered in green leatherette, G.C.R. inlaid in brass on back.

Chair, Great Central Railway

Carver Chair, Wooden arms and legs seat and back upholstered in green leatherette. No railway markings

Carver chair, no railway markings

Chair, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Wooden, Straight-backed. Seat and back panel re-upholstered in red leatherette LYR carved on back

Chair, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Chair, Norfolk & Suffolk Joint Committee, oak, seat re-upholstered in red leatherette, N&S carved on back.

Chair, Norfolk & Suffolk Joint Committee

Chair, Great Eastern Railway, seat re-upholstered in red leatherette, 'GER' carved on back.

Chair, Great Eastern Railway

Chair, North Staffordshire Railway, wooden, with green padded seat, Staffordshire Knot carved on back, NSR carved on back of seat.

Chair, North Staffordshire Railway

Chair, Great Northern Railway, straight back, 'G.N.R.' carved on wooden inset in back, brown leather seat, makers plaque underneath, 'Blyth & Sons, Complete House Furnishers, 4 to 7 Chiswell St. London'.

Chair, Great Northern Railway

Chair, Great Western Railway, Leather swivel chair used by Sir Daniel Gooch.

Swivel chair, Great Western Railway - used by Sir Daniel Gooch

Chair, Hull & Barnsley Railway, ornate wooden chair on castors, seat and back panel covered in brown leatherette.

Chair, Hull & Barnsley Railway

Armchair, straight chair upholstered in green leather with wooden legs, ex Pullman Car " Topaz".

Armchair, Pullman

Chair, Great Eastern Railway, wooden with brown leatherette seat, 'GER' carved on back, ex Stratford Works, stamped 1505 underneath with makers plaque, 'Hampton & Sons'.

Chair, Great Eastern Railway

Chair, Bristol & Exeter Railway, wooden with curved back, B&E carved on back.

Chair, Bristol & Exeter Railway

Chair, Great Western Railway, folding chair upholstered in green velvet, reputed to be from Queen Victoria's Saloon.

Folding chair from Queen Victoria's saloon, Great Western Railway

1840-1849

Chair, Great Central & Great Northern Railway, straight back, green leatherette seat, 'GC & GN' carved on wooden inset in back.

Chair, Great Central & Great Northern Railway

Chair, North Eastern Railway, wooden chair with brown leatherette seat.

Chair, North Eastern Railway

Chair, wooden chair with tan-coloured upholstered seat and curved back. Unmarked. Ex Wolverton Works Offices.

Wooden chair, ex Wolverton Works Offices