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A survey by Nicklaus Pevsner in the 1930s estimated that some 80-90% of manufactured goods in England were shoddy and poorly designed. When it came to furniture only a handful of manufacturers would have escaped such condemnation. Prime among these was Heals of Tottenham Court Road - manufacturer, retailer, and, with its top floor Mansard Gallery, the Mecca for Home Counties cognoscenti of ''modernism''. Most furniture manufacturers advertised their wares in the press but Heal''s was a rare exception in the industry in its use of posters.

Heal''s posters not only relay the saga of a pioneering enterprise but provide a shorthand history of what was happening in the design and retailing of furniture and furnishings in Britain in the 20th century.

Heals Posters Advertising Modernism

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      Publisher: Artmonsky Arts
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/01/2020
      ISBN13: 9780993587894, 978-0993587894
      ISBN10: 993587895

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      Book Synopsis

      A survey by Nicklaus Pevsner in the 1930s estimated that some 80-90% of manufactured goods in England were shoddy and poorly designed. When it came to furniture only a handful of manufacturers would have escaped such condemnation. Prime among these was Heals of Tottenham Court Road - manufacturer, retailer, and, with its top floor Mansard Gallery, the Mecca for Home Counties cognoscenti of ''modernism''. Most furniture manufacturers advertised their wares in the press but Heal''s was a rare exception in the industry in its use of posters.

      Heal''s posters not only relay the saga of a pioneering enterprise but provide a shorthand history of what was happening in the design and retailing of furniture and furnishings in Britain in the 20th century.

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