{"id":565,"date":"2019-04-29T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/assets\/blog\/?p=565"},"modified":"2019-04-29T09:00:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T08:00:29","slug":"it-all-stacks-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/it-all-stacks-up\/","title":{"rendered":"IT ALL STACKS UP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The simple stacking chair. It&#8217;s what we&#8217;re famous for.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-574\" src=\"http:\/\/5.77.36.180\/~bsample\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GB-outside-Burgess-building-1-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"Burgess Furniture stacking chairs\" width=\"657\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GB-outside-Burgess-building-1-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GB-outside-Burgess-building-1-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GB-outside-Burgess-building-1-804x1024.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Back in 1939 our founder, Gerry (Gerald) Burgess, became British Amateur Tandem Cycling Champion. Inspired by his love of the sport, in 1946 immediately after the Second World War, he started his own business called GB Cycle Components Ltd, manipulating aluminium to create racing bicycle handlebars. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BurgessFurniture\/videos\/1867026533399056\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pedal forward 13 years to 1939<\/a> and Mr. Burgess met a designer who queried;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;You&#8217;re manipulating aluminium tubes, would you try and make me some stacking banqueting chairs?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-573\" src=\"http:\/\/5.77.36.180\/~bsample\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GB-loading-at-Burgess-1-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"Burgess Furniture stacking chairs\" width=\"657\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GB-loading-at-Burgess-1-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GB-loading-at-Burgess-1-768x912.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GB-loading-at-Burgess-1-862x1024.jpg 862w, https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GB-loading-at-Burgess-1.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And do just that, he did. Thus, the Burgess Furniture we know today was born, and through the experience of bending aluminium for handlebars, aluminium banqueting chairs were the first product we ever produced. We&#8217;ve since added steel framing to our offering and have continued to grow in the hospitality furniture industry, manufacturing not only chairs but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/category\/tables\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tables<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/category\/accessories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accessories<\/a> for some of the top hospitality venues across the globe.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-575\" src=\"http:\/\/5.77.36.180\/~bsample\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Inside-the-factory-1-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"Burgess Furniture stacking chairs\" width=\"657\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Inside-the-factory-1-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Inside-the-factory-1-768x1003.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Inside-the-factory-1-784x1024.jpg 784w, https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Inside-the-factory-1.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">60 years on and we still pride ourselves on our extremely high quality, lightweight and stackable banqueting chairs. With the exception of some of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/category\/softseating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">casual seating models<\/a>, all of our ranges offer stackable options ranging from 5 and 20 high, allowing practical storage in minimal space.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/category\/chairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take a look for yourself&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-572\" src=\"http:\/\/5.77.36.180\/~bsample\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Loading-image-1-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"Burgess Furniture stacking chairs\" width=\"657\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Loading-image-1-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Loading-image-1-768x1041.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Loading-image-1-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/www.burgessfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Loading-image-1.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The simple stacking chair. It&#8217;s what we&#8217;re famous for. Back in 1939 our founder, Gerry (Gerald) Burgess, became British Amateur Tandem Cycling Champion. Inspired by his love of the sport, in 1946 immediately after the Second World War, he started his own business called GB Cycle Components Ltd, manipulating aluminium to create racing bicycle handlebars. 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