Doctor's Waiting Room
Poster
1959 (made)
1959 (made)
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The Council of Industrial Design was formed in 1944 by the British government "to promote by all practicable means the improvement of design in the products of British industry." It was redesignated as the Design Council in 1972 and continues to operate today. The Council's brief of design promotion includes organising exhibitions such as the one advertised in this poster and publishing related material.
Object details
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| Title | Doctor's Waiting Room (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster advertising exhibition at Design Centre, London. Issued Council of Industrial Design. UK. |
| Physical description | Image of sofa part period, part contemporary style. (Upholstered sofa on castors, framed in carved wood/ half modernist blue bench with angular wooden arm rest and metal leg). Diagonal axis dividing poster into olive green and yellow zones, same axis divides the furniture into contrasting styles. Text. |
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| Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
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| Summary | The Council of Industrial Design was formed in 1944 by the British government "to promote by all practicable means the improvement of design in the products of British industry." It was redesignated as the Design Council in 1972 and continues to operate today. The Council's brief of design promotion includes organising exhibitions such as the one advertised in this poster and publishing related material. |
| Other number | LS.1878 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.724-2004 |
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| Record created | September 27, 2004 |
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