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The Brighton Museum houses a collection of 1920s French and English furniture unique in the country. It is displayed in sets which indicate the marriage between furniture and interior design emphas...ised by some 20s designers. Jessica Rutherford, Keeper of Applied Art at Brighton, discusses individual pieces on display and the influence of French design on English craftsmen.
The Brighton Museum houses a collection of 1920s French and English furniture unique in the country. It is displayed in sets which indicate the marriage between furniture and interior design emphas...ised by some 20s designers. Jessica Rutherford, Keeper of Applied Art at Brighton, discusses individual pieces on display and the influence of French design on English craftsmen.
| Module code and title: | A305, History of architecture and design 1890-1939 |
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| Item code: | A305; 17 |
| First transmission date: | 09-08-1975 |
| Published: | 1975 |
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| Duration: | 01:36:00 |
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| Producer: | Patricia Hodgson |
| Contributor: | Jessica Rutherford |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Furniture (English); Furniture (French); Furniture design |
| Subject terms: | Furniture design--England; Furniture design--France |
| Footage description: | Rutherford begins by discussing a French living room from the 1920s in Brighton Museum outlining classical influences. In particular she examines the work of J. E. Ruhlmann, first of all by comparing some desks. Rutherford looks at the design of a complete room for the 1925 Paris Exhibition. A table by Ruhlmann is examined in detail, with Rutherford describing the veneering and craftsmanship. Rutherford moves on to examine Ruhlmann's influence on British designers, beginning with a Heal's dining room. Another dining room, designed by Chermayeff, is described in some detail. Pictures of the dining room. Rutherford examines a large dining-room buffet mentioning Chermayeff's use of veneer. Using a log, she looks at how different cuts would produce different patterns in a veneer. Rutherford returns to the veneer on the Chermayeff buffet and concludes on why she considers him to be an important modern designer. Some work by other English designers is examined, beginning with a room by Duncan Miller. A sketch of some designs by Maxwell Fry is discussed. Rutherford looks briefly at some mass production furniture - steel chairs by P.E.L.. and a radio by Wells Coates. Lastly she compares two pieces of furniture, one a good example, the other a bad example of 1930s modern design. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71672 |
| Production number: | 00525_3170 |
| Videofinder number: | 1760 |
| Available to public: | no |
