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Table Thing

Table
1968 (made)
Artist/Maker
Perspective Designs Ltd (manufacturer)
Peter Murdoch (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Six sided folded table, blue fibreboard


Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Table
TitleTable Thing
Materials and techniques
Fibreboard
Folding
Brief description
'Table Thing', English, 1968, designed by Peter Murdoch and made by Perspective Designs Ltd.
Physical description
Six sided folded table, blue fibreboard
Dimensions
  • Height: 34cm
  • Maximum extent width: 58cm
  • Minimum extent depth: 49.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • TABLE THING (Impressed into underside of assembled top)
  • D (embossed into 6 flaps underside of base)
  • PATENT/ APPLIED FOR (on two flaps)
Credit line
Given by the Council of Industrial Design
Object history
Historical significance: Winner of Design Centre Award in 1968.
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
CIRC.794-1968

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O372093/table-thing-table-peter-murdoch/
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