Nathan 50's Furniture Catalogue

Nathan furniture comes up regularly in auctions and on ebay, some of the later pieces have fallen out of favour a little, notably the 70's/80's squared door pieces and the numerous highboards and shelving units.

Some of their items though, the 'Circles' sideboard for example, are absolute classics, and take a look at this catalogue, proving that Nathan were once pretty forward thinking, especially in the areas of sideboard and leg design. These designs obviously owe something to G-Plans ebonised legged Tola range, but lovely nonetheless.

Dating from the late 1950's, possibly early 1960's, the colours and drawings have aged particularly well, if it helps you identify a particular piece, all the better.

Get in touch if you have something similar to sell and, for more mid-century gems, have a look at Space Harrogate and Space Vintage Home 

Tomotom Catalogue

We just got our first Tomotom units in. 
It's always good to get bits of classic British design, even when it's as 'undesigned' as these funky utilitarian pieces
It's even better when they come with the original brochure (more leaflet in this case!)
Here's a scan for your entertainment, some pictures and links of what we have available and at the bottom, some blurb that I've cribbed.  Enjoy!
https://www.poolbankinteriors.co.uk/product-page/1960s-hulltraders-tomotom-shelving-units

 

First seen at The Ideal Home Exhibition in 1966 this was another range of furniture from the Pop era that was only produced for a short amount of time. That was half the point with Pop, taking advantage of the new ‘throw-away’ fashion.

Made from cardboard tube reinforced by enamel spray and seat from chipboard held by metal pins. When the development of these began the cardboard tubes were sourced from Bowater Paper Company and were intended as formers for poured concrete in motorway construction.

The chairs were sold with touch up paint and brushes in the full anticipation of chipping and flaking occurring during use. Buyers were encouraged to repaint them as they wished.

Dalescraft Catalogue

 Recently we acquired a large box of leaflets, pamphlets and catalogues which we'll be sharing, in and amongst it all was  this Dalescraft catalogue from 1956 - complete with price list! Dalescraft were a premium Yorkshire based brand in the 1950's  and early 60's.  Their designer, Malcolm D Walker, was inspired by the contemporary Scandinavian pieces to make high quality stylish furniture, more shapely than most available in post war, post rationing Britain. 

We have a couple of lovely pieces at our Harrogate showroom. A  glass fronted rosewood bookcase and a very stylish serving trolley both are great examples of the quality finish you can expect from Dalescraft