A History of Chair Arches in Wycombe
Chair Arch, 1877 High Wycombe is known for chair making, especially Windsor chairs. Chair making was the town’s main trade in the Victorian era, and the people who lived here wanted to show off the local industry and their pride in it. Ceremonial arches were made in...
Coronation Chair 3D Modelling with National Paralympic Heritage Trust
Wycombe Museum has worked in collaboration with our colleagues at the National Paralympic Heritage Trust (NPHT) to produce a 3D model of our Child’s Coronation Chair. The work was done as part of the NPHT’s Digital Explorations Project, a scheme that helps...
G-Plan Furniture: A Potted History of Innovation
G-Plan’s Origins G-Plan began as an innovative range of furniture and was developed in the 1950’s by E. Gomme Ltd., a long-established furniture company in High Wycombe. It’s arguably the most successful mass-produced furniture of the post-war period in this...
Our Brand New Chair Database
With us not having been able to welcome guests into the Museum for some time now, we’ve been putting a lot of work into new ways of bringing Wycombe Museum to you digitally. We’re really proud of our new easy-to-use website full of new content on local history and our... 
