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The High Wycombe Furniture Archive (HWFA) is part of the Research Centre for Furniture at Buckinghamshire New University in High Wycombe. The archive contains photographic and print material relating to furniture companies in the High Wycombe region, primarily from Ercol Limited and E. Gomme Limited (G-Plan).
The digitisation of our collections and the creation of the HWeFA website are funded by a Resource Enhancement Grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Funding was granted by the AHRC in March 2006, and the project was completed in August 2009.
An overview of the HWeFA
E. Gomme Limited, including G-Plan (1920s-1980s) Albums and loose photographs of room sets and furniture models ; watercolours in preparation for advertisements ; sales catalogues ; Data Sales Books ; G-Plan New Models folders ; artwork, plans and designs for G-Plan furniture ; plans and designs for G-Plan furniture by Ib Kofod-Larsen.
Ercol Furniture Limited (1950s-1980s) Photographic prints, negatives and transparencies of furniture models and room sets ; photographic prints, negatives and transparencies of furniture manufacturing, both at Ercol and at W Skull Limited ; photographic prints, negatives and transparencies of woodland, timber yards (including Latimer's) and timber processing; photographic prints, negatives and transparencies of, or in preparation for, Ercol displays and contributions to trade shows in the UK and abroad.
Furniture Trade Unions (1898-1968) Reports and minutes relating to the proceedings of furniture industry societies and trade unions.
W Skull Ltd (1897 - 1940s) A comprehensive range of purchase receipts between 1897 and 1903 illustrate the broad spectrum of trade suppliers, along with photographic images of furniture models.
Browse Categories
- People
- Furniture Manufacturing
- Factories
- Furniture Models
- Room Sets
- Designs and Artwork
- Advertising and Promotions
- Written or Corporate Records
- Furniture Industry Records
- High Wycombe Furniture History
Contact Details
| Address: | Prof. Jake Kaner Project Investigator HW Furniture Archive Bucks New University Queen Alexandra Road High Wycombe Bucks HP11 2JZ United Kingdom |
| Tel: | +44(0)1494 522 141 |
| Fax: | +44(0)1494 522 141 |
| Email: | furniturearchive@bucks.ac.uk |
| URL: | http://hwfurniturearchive.bucks.ac.uk |
Copyright
The images from the High Wycombe Electronic Furniture Archive are free to download for educational and personal use only. If you wish to use our digitised material for any other purpose, you must contact us. We make every attempt to comply with copyright regulations but cannot be held responsible for copyright violations due to unauthorised re-use of our material. Copyright for most of the images in our archive was held by the individual furniture companies. If you believe you own copyright for any of the material you see on our website, please contact us.
Image credits
- Front cover of Ercol Catalogue 1969, High Wycombe Furniture Archive, Bucks New University.
- Print of a design by Ib Kofod-Larsen of: Sideboard. Drawing No. 177, High Wycombe Furniture Archive, Bucks New University.
- Skull's: Purchase Receipts Ledger, 1894, High Wycombe Furniture Archive, Bucks New University.
- Page from 1956 G-Plan furniture catalogue showing a bedroom setting, High Wycombe Furniture Archive, Bucks New University.
Digital image creators on this project are:
Steve Gange-Moody, Sharon Grover, Oliver Heal, Lisa Hodgkin, Jake Kaner,
Craig Moore, Sarah Montague.