Reproduction Furniture hand made in the UK by British craftsmen
The name of Charles Barr dates back well over 100 years to the latter part of the 19th Century. It was in 1861 that a chair maker by the name of Charles Barr set up a workshop in the parish of Shoreditch in London. With the assistance of his three sons the business flourished but it was the influence of Charles Barr’s youngest son Ernest that changed the company from a chair maker to a company specialising in what would have then been considered to be furniture of the period drawing inspiration from such designers as Robert Adam, George Hepplewhite, Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Chippendale.
With the passing of time the company faded into near obscurity and it was not until the late 1940’s that the name of Charles Barr was resurrected by a London businessman by the name of Wilfred Griffiths. Relying mainly on outside manufacturing sources the company grew and began once again to be successful, but it was the appointment of two key members of staff Bryan and Hutchins, together with the interest of a business entrepreneur by the name of Chris Stockwell that saw the business move to a new level. Two new factory sites were set up at Sandy, Bedfordshire and Wroxham, Norfolk. These production facilities saw the company increase its range of furniture which was now being designed and made in house by the Bryan and Hutchins partnership.
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