Pictured above: John Parcell, Sales Director at Nathan

Nathan Furniture has been awarded a Design Guild Mark by The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers which recognises the finest designers in the country.

Nathan has sites in Long Eaton and Bobber's Mill, Nottingham. The firm's new Citadel 21 chair is one of only 20 designs to be awarded this accolade. The Mark is awarded for excellence in design use of materials, manufacture and function.

Nathan is a name synonymous with quality living, dining room and occasional cabinet furniture. The company was originally established in 1916 by Barnett Nathan - a furniture maker of Russian origin and now stands alongside the great British furniture brands with its ever expanding product collections.  Nathan's is still independently owned and its seven different ranges are sold through a network of over 200 quality independent retailers.

Jonathan Hindle, Chairman of the Design Guild Mark judges commented "The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers introduced the Guild Mark to reward the work of the finest furniture designers working in volume production in Britain." The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers is the Livery Company of the City of London for the British furniture industry.

Citadal 21 collection was only launched by Nathan to the trade in January this year. This modern vintage collection is a retro influenced teak living and dining cabinet collection is a modern interpretation of a model from the Nathan archive, re-mastered for today. This collection is named after an original 1963 Nathan range called 'Citadel' which had a classic Scandinavian look. Citadel 21 was designed by furniture designer Anne Sewell, a Nottingham Trent University graduate, who comments: "It is a great honor to be recognised it this way and shows furniture created for the mainstream can have excellent design credentials."

John Parcell, Sales Director at Nathan added: "The whole team at Nathan is delighted. This is the first Guild Mark we've achieved and it is great to be acknowledged with such a prestigious award. Guild Marks not only recognise quality design but also helps consumers appreciate the quality and construction of the furniture they are buying."