Inside the factory - Ercol

Inside the factory - Ercol

If you didn't manage to see Inside the Factory - How to make a Windsor Ercol Chair, on BBC TV recently, it's well worth a watch.

It shows Greg Wallace going behind the scenes of the Ercol factory in Buckinghamshire, where their furniture production occurs. The process of making one of the factory's best sellers, the iconic '1877 Windsor' chair is filmed from start to finish. It uncovers just how many intricate stages are involved,  Starting life as an ash tree, then cut, drilled, steamed, curved and sanded, until they're ready for delivery to our store and then onto homes and businesses.

Browse our main Ercol furniture page here  or to view the 1877 Windsor chair and the complimenting range as shown in the BBC i-player clip, click here and scroll down. We hold many items in stock, available for immediate free delivery in England and Wales.

 

 

 

 

Posted by Jan Morgan
17th January 2022

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