MODERNIST TOURISTS is a project by Michael Wright and Dania Herrera, both are full-time modernists and live in an austere concrete bunker somewhere in North London.
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October 27, 2016 at 2:47 pm
love it!!!!
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April 5, 2017 at 9:12 pm
Thanks for putting together such a good site.
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October 13, 2017 at 9:46 pm
Your knowledge of the Pel the furniture manufacturer has been a great read for me, thanks!
I’ve just purchased a Pel Bench 1.4 meter in length.
I’d love to send you a picture and wonder if you know of any other benches made by Pel. Thanks Bill
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October 16, 2017 at 4:39 pm
Hi Bill, glad you enjoyed reading the PEL article. We’d love to take a look at your PEL bench – you can send the photos to our email address – see our contact page at https://modernisttourists.com/about/
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October 16, 2017 at 6:22 pm
Thanks for your em. I can add – my recall of Pel co is scant, was there for 3 months as part of my training TI Group, think the co was next to the Oldbury canal or railway overbridge. I have no couch etc. The co would have probably made most of its tubular frames from ‘ERW’ tube: the cheapest process, from steel strip pulled thru a round die then welded along the join, albeit good ERW hardly has a visible line along it on the outer surface. Another co in the group making furn and its materials was Metal Sections Co, making and using extruded noncircularsteel , brandname Metsec, also in the Oldbury area; also TIStainlessTubes-normally aircraft,nuclear,etc but maybe also expensive furniture, also in that region.NB also Accles and Pollock who made everything tubular incl sports eqpt and chassis etc etc tube.
Good wishes, DB/Bill
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October 23, 2017 at 9:45 am
Thanks Bill, very interesting!
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October 16, 2017 at 6:36 pm
NB the above ‘DB/Bill’ Pel etc co’s info is from me : David Jackson
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March 2, 2019 at 4:12 pm
I wonder if you’re aware of the book ‘PEL and Tubular Steel Furniture of the Thirties’ by Dennis Sharp,Tim Benton and Barbie Campbell Cole 1977, reprinted 1982, ISBN 090450302X. I have a copy, though I see that on Amazon it’s marked as unavailable. It contains a very good history of PEL and tubular steel furniture as well as three catalogues of their items with photos and specs. I am the proud owner of two SP2’s and two SP9’s. Chrome in original condition but three in need of re covering.
Regards
Ralph White
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March 4, 2019 at 2:30 pm
Hi Ralph, thanks for your email. Yes, I’m aware of Tim’s book which is an excellent guide to the subject. Glad to hear of your PEL chairs – out of interest what are your SP9’s covered in: rexine, leather or cloth? Michael
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February 3, 2021 at 3:09 pm
Hi Michael
Only just today noticed you’d replied to my post of 2019!1 If you’re still around, one SP9 has been reupholstered in black hide – looks very smart. Don’t know the original hide colour. The other SP9 and the two SP2s were originally green hide and had been re-coloured brown by previous owner. I plan to get them all recovered in black hide.
Best wishes from a fellow Deco enthusiast
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February 3, 2021 at 3:13 pm
Spot on, thanks Ralph. -M
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