The architect and designer Serge Ivan Chermayeff designed this BBC announcer's chair in 1933. When the new headquarters for the BBC opened at Broadcasting House, Portland Place, Chermayeff, a Russian émigré who moved to America in 1940, was commissioned to design many of the interior fittings.
Category:
Social History
Object ID:
76.94/1
Object name:
chair
Object type:
chair
Artist/Maker:
Chermayeff, Serge
Related people:
British Broadcasting Corporation
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Production date:
1933
Material:
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Measurements/duration:
H 1200 mm, W 455 mm, D 660 mm (max approx) (overall)
