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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."

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'.

Many of the independent makers of campaign furniture started to disappear in the early 1900s, superseded by the one stop shops such as The Army & Navy Society's and Harrods.



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