Mid Century Teak Quadrille Sideboard / Drawers by G Plan

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Quadrille Mid Century Sideboard / Chest of Drawers by G Plan

Original price was: £849.00.Current price is: £699.00.

A beautiful G Plan piece from the Quadrille range.

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  • Description

    When G-Plan hired the designer R. Bennett to join their design team, they welcomed the man that would create one of the most iconic designs that G-Plan was to ever produce. With its understated elegance and clean lines, the Quadrille range of furniture, created in 1965, was an instant success, with its Scandinavian-influenced shaped legs and handles. This is a beautiful G Plan sideboard chest of drawers from the Quadrille range. This piece is finished in teak veneer with solid afrormosia wood handles and those signature sleigh legs. Six drawers in two different sizes provide lots of storage space. This chest takes the Quadrille design aesthetic and creates a very cool looking retro item. Its compact size makes it great for small apartments and perfect as a media unit or TV stand.

    British furniture manufacturing company G-Plan was launched in 1953, but its roots go back much further. In 1898, Ebenezer Gomme (1858–1931) set up a fine woodworking atelier, E. Gomme Ltd., in High Wycombe, England, a major center of British furniture manufacturing. By the early 1900s, E. Gomme had transitioned into a larger factory facility, and in 1911, his sons took the helm. The company was revered for its range of high-quality sideboards, tables, and other cabinet goods and for pioneering the concept of dining room sets, designed and made to match.

    E. Gomme continued to flourish until the 1940s. During World War II, Britain experienced a timber shortage and the British government was forced to enact strict controls on “unnecessary” industries like furniture production. This led to a program called the Utility Scheme, which was intended to cultivate a market for more austere and utilitarian solutions to home goods.

    Although most of the British public reverted to traditional tastes after the war, there was a small but growing market for high-quality, modernist furniture, and G-Plan successfully spoke to this younger, more progressive audience. Through clever marketing campaigns, G-Plan set the standard for modernist, mass-market furniture in postwar Britain. G-Plan’s C Range, with an aesthetic that celebrated its machine production, was launched in 1953, and by 1957 it had become enormously popular.

    By the 1960s, the Scandinavian look was sweeping international design, and British-made furniture was being outsold by Danish imports. To compete, G-Plan brought in Danish designer Ib Kofod-Larsen to create new collections in fine woods, like teak and rosewood. While these Kofod-Larsen pieces have become very collectible today, at the time, they were not well appreciated by the design community—perhaps viewed as lesser variations on the furniture available from Scandinavia. Despite the competition, G-Plan remained one of the most recognized names in furniture manufacturing in the UK through the end of the 1970s.

    Stylish, structurally sound, in nice condition and ready for use in your home with, as you’d expect, some signs of age and use. We've had the top surface refinished by a professional furniture restorer.

    W132 x D46 H72cm

  • Condition

    As can be expected with vintage pieces, this item may have minor wear. Please contact us if you have any queries regarding condition. If the sizes, colour, etc all work for you, we’re more than happy to make you a pre-purchase video to confirm condition, prior to you placing your order.

  • Delivery

    We can easily help arrange delivery via trusted furniture couriers who operate throughout the UK. The delivery part is simple. We send furniture to London and all parts of the UK every week of the year. We’re also happy to accommodate you if you’d prefer to collect in person. Prices do not include delivery.

  • Location

    We have two showrooms, in Ayrshire and Glasgow, and viewings are by appointment. We can arrange viewings day or evening, 7 days a week. Please call, Whatsapp or text Stuart on 07534323180 to arrange a viewing.

Description

When G-Plan hired the designer R. Bennett to join their design team, they welcomed the man that would create one of the most iconic designs that G-Plan was to ever produce. With its understated elegance and clean lines, the Quadrille range of furniture, created in 1965, was an instant success, with its Scandinavian-influenced shaped legs and handles. This is a beautiful G Plan sideboard chest of drawers from the Quadrille range. This piece is finished in teak veneer with solid afrormosia wood handles and those signature sleigh legs. Six drawers in two different sizes provide lots of storage space. This chest takes the Quadrille design aesthetic and creates a very cool looking retro item. Its compact size makes it great for small apartments and perfect as a media unit or TV stand.

British furniture manufacturing company G-Plan was launched in 1953, but its roots go back much further. In 1898, Ebenezer Gomme (1858–1931) set up a fine woodworking atelier, E. Gomme Ltd., in High Wycombe, England, a major center of British furniture manufacturing. By the early 1900s, E. Gomme had transitioned into a larger factory facility, and in 1911, his sons took the helm. The company was revered for its range of high-quality sideboards, tables, and other cabinet goods and for pioneering the concept of dining room sets, designed and made to match.

E. Gomme continued to flourish until the 1940s. During World War II, Britain experienced a timber shortage and the British government was forced to enact strict controls on “unnecessary” industries like furniture production. This led to a program called the Utility Scheme, which was intended to cultivate a market for more austere and utilitarian solutions to home goods.

Although most of the British public reverted to traditional tastes after the war, there was a small but growing market for high-quality, modernist furniture, and G-Plan successfully spoke to this younger, more progressive audience. Through clever marketing campaigns, G-Plan set the standard for modernist, mass-market furniture in postwar Britain. G-Plan’s C Range, with an aesthetic that celebrated its machine production, was launched in 1953, and by 1957 it had become enormously popular.

By the 1960s, the Scandinavian look was sweeping international design, and British-made furniture was being outsold by Danish imports. To compete, G-Plan brought in Danish designer Ib Kofod-Larsen to create new collections in fine woods, like teak and rosewood. While these Kofod-Larsen pieces have become very collectible today, at the time, they were not well appreciated by the design community—perhaps viewed as lesser variations on the furniture available from Scandinavia. Despite the competition, G-Plan remained one of the most recognized names in furniture manufacturing in the UK through the end of the 1970s.

Stylish, structurally sound, in nice condition and ready for use in your home with, as you’d expect, some signs of age and use. We’ve had the top surface refinished by a professional furniture restorer.

W132 x D46 H72cm

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