Furniture, Worthing

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• Fonds: Cedric Price fonds, 1903-2006, predominant 1953-2000
•    Series: Projects, 1903-2003, predominant 1960-2000
•      Project: Furniture, Worthing, 1963-1964

People

• Cedric Price (architect)
• Cedric Price (archive creator)

Title

Furniture, Worthing

Dates of creation

1963-1964

Level of archival description

File 49

Extent and Medium

• 15 drawings
• 0.02 l.m. of textual records
• 0.01 l.m. of photographic materials

Scope and Content

File documents an executed project for children's furniture, in Worthing, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom, and shows designs for custom furniture units for sleeping, working, washing, dressing, and storage for a 9' x 12' room. The project was for the same clients, Mr and Mrs T. L. Blau, who commissioned the garden pavilion, which Price designed in 1962 (AP144.S2.D32). Drawings include fabrication drawings for a bunk bed, dresser, bunk bed tables, wardrobe and retractable desk; perspective and isometric views of proposed bedroom layouts; and construction details of manufactured "Dexion slotted aluminum angle hardware." (Price with Murray 1971, 35). Material from this file was published in "Cedric Price Supplement No. 2", 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (January 1971), 35. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1964.

File contains working drawings, textual records, and photographic materials.

Reference Number

AP144.S2.D49

Arrangement

Materials in this series were kept in the original order in which they were received.

Location

Worthing West Sussex England United Kingdom

Language of material

English

Related units of description

• For additional materials related to this project series, see file DR1995:0204:021 in this fonds.

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  • Reference Number: DR1995:0202:001-014
  • Title: Plan, axonometric, perspective, wood and metal details
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Description:

  plan, axonometric, perspective, wood and metal details, schedules, details of wardrobe, table, drawer runners, and bunk beds

  Quantity / Object type:

  14 working drawing(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 14 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite, ink, and adhesive tape on translucent paper, and reprographic copy

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 37.5 x 69 cm

  Credit line:

  Cedric Price fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: DR1995:0202:015-035
  • Title: Sketches, correspondence, quantity survey, estimate
  • Form: drawings, textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Description:

  sketches, correspondence, quantity survey, estimate, invoices, calculations, trade catalogue, payment certificate, and wood schedule

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Cedric Price fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0063
  • Title: Interior views of bedroom and furniture, and contact sheets of children using furniture
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photographic material(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver prints

  Dimensions:

  photographic materials: 0.01 l.m.

  Credit line:

  Cedric Price fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: DR2006:0036
  • Title: Axonometric of bedroom interior
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 working drawing(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite, ink, and adhesive tape on translucent paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 38.5 x 69.5 cm

  Credit line:

  Cedric Price fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal