Latex In The Home Do It Yourself In Rubber (1959)

Mansion House, London. Staff from the Natural Rubber Development Board demonstrate the versatility of foam latex for soft furnishings in the home. M, S Dennis Young, rubber consultant, wearing a bow tie, shows how pliable the foam is and sits down into a demonstration model of a very floppy style armchair made of uncovered egg box type foam latex. It almost collapses under his weight and he shows how bendy the arms are. C, U shot of the latex. Denise Spenser converts a kitchen chair into a covered bedroom chair. She fixes webbing, cuts out the foam, sticks it with glue, and hammers the foam into place. M, S of the finished Windsor chair. Rosemary Claxton, an artist, fixes rubber webbing onto a DIY stool. She places the cushions made with the foam into the stool frame and moves it to the end of a short divan. She lies down. M, S Jill Morgan, sitting filling cushions, which are made of bright yellow printed fabric, to match a latex filled hammock. She shows some other cushions. C, U shot of some grey