Harris Lebus was a very large furniture

Furniture

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 manufacturer and wholesaler based in the East End of London

London

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 in Tabernacle St with a factory in Tottenham. The firm supplied stores such as Maple and Co., mainly producing bedroom and dining cabinets.

During the period of its finest output in the 1900s, the style of furniture is closely associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement

Arts and Crafts movement

Arts and Crafts was an international design philosophy that originated in England and flourished between 1860 and 1910 , continuing its influence until the 1930s...

, identified by overhanging cornices, inset door panels and square to turned legs with pad feet in the manner of William Birch of High Wycombe. The off the peg hardware is unfussy and stylistically well designed. These pieces are highly sought after.

As with many larger firms their designers are kept anonymous. This prolific manufacturer had more to do with bringing the Arts and Crafts style to the masses than any other.

In later years Harris Lebus became a household name as one of the largest furniture manufacturers in the world. See.

During the Second World War the firm produced the Airspeed Horsa

Airspeed Horsa

The Airspeed AS.51 Horsa was a British World War II troop-carrying glider built by Airspeed Limited and subcontractors and used for air assault by British and Allied armed forces...

glider and became part of the government scheme to produce utility furniture bearing the CC41 mark. The firm finally closed in 1969.