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3 unusual facts about Campaign furniture


Campaign furniture

In 1903, the Secretary of State for War, H. O. Arnold-Forster said that "The British Army is a social institution prepared for every emergency except that of war."

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The Paragon Chair folds down to a very compact size once the canvas seat is removed and the Harrods catalogue of 1895 described it as 'the most Portable Chair in the Market'.

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Many of the independent makers of campaign furniture started to disappear in the early 1900s, superseded by the one stop shops such as The Army & Navy Society's and Harrods.



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