ERCOL SIDEBOARD DISPLAY CABINET - NEVER OUT OF FASHION
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ERCOL SIDEBOARD AND DISPLAY CABINET - NEVER OUT OF FASHION.
DESIGNED BY THE ITALIAN, LUCIAN ERCOLANI - b.MAY1888 d. JUNE 1976.
HE CAME FROM TUSCANY AND OPENED HIS FACTORY IN HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND. A MAJOR CENTRE OF ENGLAND’S FURNITURE INDUSTRY.
HIS DESIGNS WERE BASED ON UNIQUE ENGLISH STYLES AND THIS PIECE IS MADE USING ENGLISH TRADITIONAL HARDWOOD.
ENCOURAGED BY HIS PARENTS HE ENROLLED IN THE SHOREDITCH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WHERE HE STUDIED DRAWING, DESIGN AND THEORY AND CONSTRUCTION OF FURNITURE.
IN THE EARLY 1900s SHOREDITCH WAS A THRIVING CENTRE OF FURNITURE PRODUCTION. THE INSTITUTE BECAME THE LONDON COLLEGE OF FURNITURE.
CO -INCIDENTALLY, THE SELLER WAS A LECTURER AT THAT COLLEGE FOR 24 YEARS UP TO 1990 AFTER WHICH IT WAS MERGED AS A FACULTY IN THE LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY .
HOWEVER, THIS FAMILY HEIRLOOM HAS TO GO BECAUSE OF LACK OF SPACE IN MY RETIREMENT.
LEAVE IT IN YOUR WILL TO YOUR CHILDREN WHO MIGHT APPRECIATE AN INVESTMENT IN QUALITY FURNITURE UNLIKELY TO BE MADE AGAIN.