Electrically welded steel tubes and their uses today : booklet issued by Tube Products Ltd., Oldbury, Worcestershire, UK : c1935 : Tubes in Furniture 2
A fascinating trade brochure issued by Tube Products Ltd., of Oldbury - one of the Black Country towns then in Worcestershire. Tube Products Ltd was formed in 1929 by Tube Investments, the large industrial holding combine, but unusually this catalogue makes no mention of the parent company. Tube Products made use of several patents surrounding electrical welding fo tubes that TI had acquired in the 1920s. The company also incorporated H. Joyce & Co.). The booklet describes the Electrically Welded steel tube as being scientifically produced from the virgin strip leading to a more precise, accurate product than by older methods.
As can be seen from this stylish catalogue a wide range of uses were promoted for the company's products - ranging from bicycle frames, furniture, industrial products and display material. Several of the pages note other TI subsidiaries such as PEL who made furniture as well as specific designers including Wells Coates who made the most of the 'modern' looks afforded by the use of tubes. these pages show a selection of furniture including some items that are now highly collectable such as the desk.
Stackable and tubular steel furniture were relatively 'new to the market' at the time and embodied many of the 'moderne' design features that were in vogue in architecture and interior design. The photographs include the interior of the striking Hornsey Town Hall, one of the first major UK building to be constructed in the Modernist style. Designed by New Zealand born architect Reginald Uren for the Municipal Borough of Hornsey, the building shows the influence of Hilversum town hall in the Netherlands and the design was awarded a bronze medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects. The Town Hall has had a chequered career since becoming surplus to council requirements but, Listed, it has now been redeveloped and restored by Donald Insull & Partners.
The other photos show tubular furniture in cafe, bar and restaurant use with examples drawn from the Tea Pavilion in Valley Gardens, Harrogate and the Dress Circle Bar at the Garrick Theatre in Southport, Lancashire, when the resort wa soften touted as a more 'upper class' venue than others on the Lancashire coast.
Electrically welded steel tubes and their uses today : booklet issued by Tube Products Ltd., Oldbury, Worcestershire, UK : c1935 : Tubes in Furniture 2
A fascinating trade brochure issued by Tube Products Ltd., of Oldbury - one of the Black Country towns then in Worcestershire. Tube Products Ltd was formed in 1929 by Tube Investments, the large industrial holding combine, but unusually this catalogue makes no mention of the parent company. Tube Products made use of several patents surrounding electrical welding fo tubes that TI had acquired in the 1920s. The company also incorporated H. Joyce & Co.). The booklet describes the Electrically Welded steel tube as being scientifically produced from the virgin strip leading to a more precise, accurate product than by older methods.
As can be seen from this stylish catalogue a wide range of uses were promoted for the company's products - ranging from bicycle frames, furniture, industrial products and display material. Several of the pages note other TI subsidiaries such as PEL who made furniture as well as specific designers including Wells Coates who made the most of the 'modern' looks afforded by the use of tubes. these pages show a selection of furniture including some items that are now highly collectable such as the desk.
Stackable and tubular steel furniture were relatively 'new to the market' at the time and embodied many of the 'moderne' design features that were in vogue in architecture and interior design. The photographs include the interior of the striking Hornsey Town Hall, one of the first major UK building to be constructed in the Modernist style. Designed by New Zealand born architect Reginald Uren for the Municipal Borough of Hornsey, the building shows the influence of Hilversum town hall in the Netherlands and the design was awarded a bronze medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects. The Town Hall has had a chequered career since becoming surplus to council requirements but, Listed, it has now been redeveloped and restored by Donald Insull & Partners.
The other photos show tubular furniture in cafe, bar and restaurant use with examples drawn from the Tea Pavilion in Valley Gardens, Harrogate and the Dress Circle Bar at the Garrick Theatre in Southport, Lancashire, when the resort wa soften touted as a more 'upper class' venue than others on the Lancashire coast.