Advert issued by Warerite Limited, Ware - in Architectural Review special number October 1949 - Inside the Pub
A very colourful advert advertising the many shades and patterns available in Warerite, one of the types of laminated plastics that was being marketed in this 1949 issue of Architectural Review for use in public houses. Such laminated materials, an early offshoot of the modern 'plastics' industry, largely stem from work in c1912/13 associated with the American Westinghouse Company using resins from the Bakelite concern and as can be seen here Warerite was part of the UK Bakelite company.. Such laminates later included Formica, now almost a generic name for such sheets, The bar design illustration is by George Grey Wornum (1888 - 1957), a British architect and designer who is remembered for buildings such as the RIBA headquarters in London and as designer of the basis of the modern 'heritage' street lighting in the City of Westminster based on those he designed for the streetscape works around Parliament Square in 1953.
Advert issued by Warerite Limited, Ware - in Architectural Review special number October 1949 - Inside the Pub
A very colourful advert advertising the many shades and patterns available in Warerite, one of the types of laminated plastics that was being marketed in this 1949 issue of Architectural Review for use in public houses. Such laminated materials, an early offshoot of the modern 'plastics' industry, largely stem from work in c1912/13 associated with the American Westinghouse Company using resins from the Bakelite concern and as can be seen here Warerite was part of the UK Bakelite company.. Such laminates later included Formica, now almost a generic name for such sheets, The bar design illustration is by George Grey Wornum (1888 - 1957), a British architect and designer who is remembered for buildings such as the RIBA headquarters in London and as designer of the basis of the modern 'heritage' street lighting in the City of Westminster based on those he designed for the streetscape works around Parliament Square in 1953.