Auditorium seating

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Artist/Maker	Race Contracts (manufactured) Dickinson, Peter (designed)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Auditorium seating, stove enamelled steel frame with cast iron swivel plates and upholstered plywood back and seat.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Furniture
Object type	Tip-up chair
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Tip-Up Chair Tip-Up Chair
Title	Auditorium seating
Materials and techniques	Stove enamelled steel frame with cast iron swivel plates and upholstered plywood back and seat. Steel Cast Iron Plywood Enamelling Upholstering
Brief description	Auditorium seating, designed by Peter Dickinson and manufactured by Race Contracts, 1965
Physical description	Auditorium seating, stove enamelled steel frame with cast iron swivel plates and upholstered plywood back and seat.
Dimensions	Height: 76.2cm (Note: Measurement converted from department register) Width: 54.6cm (Note: Measurement converted from department register) Depth: 38.1cm (Note: Measurement converted from department register)
Credit line	Given by the Council of Industrial Design
Object history	Historical significance: Won the Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design in 1965.
Collection	Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number	CIRC.13-1966

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O322045/auditorium-seating-tip-up-chair-dickinson-peter/

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