1. —Nursery bureau by the Baby Scooter Car Co., part of a series of nursery furniture obtainable in white, pale blue, pale pink, apple green and primrose, with black “ points.” A decided advantage of this piece is that it continues to be useful and appropriate to the child throughout the school years. Obtainable through any store, £3 10s.
2. —2 ft. wide bed-tray and reading-desk combined by the X Chair Co. obtainable from Messrs. Waring and Gillow and other stores. Strongly and cleanly made, in attractive enamels, 14s. 6d.
3. —Coloured enamel table inlaid lino top and rubber rim. Manufactured of special birchwood in Finland, and assembled in England. From Messrs.Waring and Gillow £1 15s. Strong and attractive.
4. —Set of unit playroom furniture by Gordon Russell. This has been designed with imagination as it is ideal for the shop, house and fort games for which less suitable furniture is so often used, as well as for clockwork toys, as illustrated. Prices approximately : Cupboards £ 10 10s. Baby Scooter Car each. Small Bookshelf £4 10s. Large Bookshelves £7 I Os. each. Table £9, in waxed oak. This furniture has the advantage of not becoming obsolete as the child grows up.
5. —Nursery furniture designed by E. Goldfinger for Paul and Majorie Abbatt Ltd- Cupboards in polished birch with coloured cellulose enamel front panels and chromium handles. £4 17s. 6d. Table with lino top and stove-enamelled steel legs, £2 2s. Chairs to match, with self-adjusting back, seat and back of shaped wood, £1 Is. each. Nursery slide, with stair and platform, hardwood, £2 17s. 6d. In the background can be seen a nurse’s kitchen, lined with bakelite. The lid when erect forms a plate-warming rack, and the front flap lets down to make a table.
When the front flap is up cooking can continue in safety in the nurse’s absence. With the closing of the top also, current is cut off and the food is kept hot within. Price without electric apparatus approximately, £7 7s.
6. —Play pen with wooden floor from the Treasure Cot Co. It folds up flat in the same ways as the floorless kind, and has the advantage that the baby cannot make it travel round the room, nor are the rugs in direct contact with the floor. Moreover the baby is kept out of floor draughts. In white, pink or blue enamel, £3 2s. 6d.
7. —Day nursery furniture by Heal’s in unpolished oak with coloured handles. It is specially designed on a reduced scale, and with rounded corners. Prices : Bookcase £4 17s. 6d. Dresser £6 10s. Toy cupboard £3 15s. Hardwood table 13s. 6d. Windsor chair 11s. 6d., armchair 21s. Children’s chairs to match 5s. 6d. and 7s. 6d. Reversible coir matting 8 ft. by 5 ft. £1 12s.
8. —Night nursery furniture by Heal’s in unpolished oak, with coloured handles. Dressing table £3 19s. 6d. Cot £2 5s. Washstand £3 5s. Cupboard chest with hanging space £6 10s. Hardwood chair £1 Is. Stool 13s. 6d.
9. —Child’s resting bed for nursery or garden, obtainable with or without canopy, and made to fold flat. 4 ft. long and 20 ins. wide 15s. 6d., canopy 10s. 6d. extra. From the Treasure Cot Co.
10. —Group of Lloyd Loom children’s furniture. The chairs are strong, light and steady, and will stand rough usage and not make a deafening noise if overturned. In plain colours, left 16s., right (smaller) 15s. The settee 25s. The tables, round I Is. (glass top 5s. extra), square 10s. 6d.
11.—Enamelled steel boys’ two-decker bed, designed by E. Goldfinger. The front edge of the top berth receives support from the tackle which will hoist the berth higher up out of the way when required. Designed as much for its psychological attractiveness as for its practical virtues. This can be made to special order.
12.—Pendant fitting (also obtainable as ceiling fitting) by the Merchant Adventurers Ltd. The opal glass ball gives immunity from eyestrain if the child stares at the lamp when lying down, and the chromium reflector has very interesting reflections, especially of moving objects in the street, if hung before a window. Price with 8 in. globe £6 5s. Ceiling fitting £2 7s. 6d.
