Newsletter - October 2011  



Greetings!

Autumn has been a season of vintage seating here at Trainspotters. We've had unprecedented demand and have so far managed to keep apace by buying some great runs of stacking chairs and stools from various UK sources.
Originating in the Bauhaus movement, stacking tubular metal furniture was widely produced in the UK from the 1930's-1960''s by such names as PEL, Cox, Du-Al, Remploy and Sheperd.
It's functionality and unfussy aesthetic lends itself perfectly to many contemporary design schemes.

We've entered the furniture manufacturing arena ourselves with our re-make of the classic tubular metal and plywood stacking stool, once ubiquitous in schools and universities across the land. We've adapted the stool to contemporary demands by raising it a few inches higher to bar stool height.

Looming winter brings many exciting prospects so please keep an eye on the website.

 


Stacking Remploy chairs

A large run of 1960’s tubular metal and ply wood stacking chairs, made by Remploy of Stafford. Ingenious angled frames allow the chairs to be interlocked in a row if required. Some characterful distressing to the metalwork and plywood, but structurally sound and sturdy.

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Stacking Du-Al chairs

 1950’s tubular steel and bent ply stacking chairs manufactured by Du-Al. Some minor distressing to the plywood in places.

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Stacking Sheperd chairs

1960’s tubular steel and bent ply stacking chairs manufactured by Sheperd. Some characterful distressing to the plywood in places.

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Stacking ply chairs

 We have a large quantity of these mid-century stacking tubular steel chairs with plywood seats and backs. Beeswaxed to stabilize and revive. Each chair has a male and female linking pin so they can be connected together if required. Dimensions are for the seat. Some localised wear to the plywood in some areas, as to be expected for their age.

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Stacking red chairs

A run of ever popular mid-century tubular metal and canvas stacking chairs. The original red canvas is in decent condition.

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Stacking bar stools

We can’t get enough of the old ones so we’ve re-made them. Classic tubular metal stacking bar stools with stained and beeswaxed beech ply seats, the bases powdercoated black. Based on the 1950’s originals commonly used in schools and universities across the UK. We’ve made ours slightly taller than the originals to make them proper bar stool height. Made in Britain.

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A Recent Project ....

Waterline, Hertfordshire

This new Thames-side project by Kilogram Media incorporates an array of Trainspotters furniture and lighting, including stacking school chairs and a variety of communist era pendant lights.

www.kilogrammedia.com