Chair
ca. 1960 (made)
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Child's folding chair. The tubular aluminium alloy frame consists of three U-shaped pieces. Two are rivetted together as legs to make an X frame for the seat, a rectangular piece of polythene fabric stretched across them from front to back. The third, which curves at the top, is placed across the back of the X frame and rivetted to the outer of the X frame pieces to make the back, with a rectangular piece of polythene fabric stretched across it. The polythene fabric is striped in bands of green, red and beige, each separated by a narrower white line edged in black, and the legs are finished with a black non-slip ferrule.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tubular aluminium alloy with polythene fabric |
| Brief description | Child's 'Flywate' folding chair of polythene fabric and tubular aluminium, made by Charles Shoebotham Ltd in the UK ca.1960 |
| Physical description | Child's folding chair. The tubular aluminium alloy frame consists of three U-shaped pieces. Two are rivetted together as legs to make an X frame for the seat, a rectangular piece of polythene fabric stretched across them from front to back. The third, which curves at the top, is placed across the back of the X frame and rivetted to the outer of the X frame pieces to make the back, with a rectangular piece of polythene fabric stretched across it. The polythene fabric is striped in bands of green, red and beige, each separated by a narrower white line edged in black, and the legs are finished with a black non-slip ferrule. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | MADE IN ENGLAND/ "Flywate" (Printed fabric label attached to fabric of seat) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs P. F. D. Wallis |
| Production | Charles Shoebotham Ltd made goods under the brand name Flywate Attribution note: Sole agent in 1960: Mario Bryanston Ltd, of Solihull |
| Bibliographic reference | Games & Toys magazine, January 1962, p 190 [advertisement] |
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| Accession number | MISC.235-1986 |
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| Record created | May 6, 2005 |
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