H: 78.5cm W: 76cm D: 45.5cm

A 1960s four drawer chest of drawers by British manufacturer G Plan. This chest of drawers has been well made with all drawers running smoothly. It has been given a good clean and oiled to make it ready to be used. Manufacture stamped inside of the top drawer.

Condition: Very good with only minor general signs of wear as to be expected with any item of this age. This item is structurally sound with all drawers running freely and smoothly.

This was part of their ‘Form 5’ range, very popular at the time due to its minimalist styling. The cabinet has an ingenious mechanism to slide the doors behind one another.

”After rationing ended in the early 1950s, there was a huge pent up demand for furniture and production began to get back to normal. Ebenezer Gomme’s grandson, Donald, was working as a designer for the company and began to take a leading role in the company. One of his ideas was to promote their furniture directly to the consumer, the customers who would be buying and using the furniture. At the time this was unheard of for a manufacturer.

The brand name ‘G Plan’ was coined in 1953 by the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency and G Plan became the first furniture brand to be promoted heavily through advertising. The first range of furniture from G Plan was the Brandon, which was designed in the highly contemporary style of the early fifties.

G Plan became an iconic brand and lay claim to a host of ‘firsts’ including:

the first to introduce modular furniture, the Form Five

Condition report:

Good vintage condition with no major marks or scratches. All of our products are over 40 years old and will show signs of wear