[2] Under management of Charles A Richter (1876–1945) until 1934, its work was regularly illustrated in The Studio and the company soon began to receive international prizes.

George Montague Elwood was responsible for many of the Art Nouveau pieces around 1899–1900, but most of Bath Cabinet Makers's furniture was designed by the Richter brothers, Charles Augustus (1867–1946), Herbert Davis (1874–1955) and their team.

[4][5] Charles Richter became president of the National Federation of Furniture Trades[6] and was appointed to Lord Gorell's Commission on improving the standard of art in industry.

[7] In JC Rogers' Modern English Furniture (1930) he is one of forty-two designers listed beside the better-known Barnsleys and Edwin Lutyens.

In contrast, Charles Richter, a committed socialist and natural progressive, deplored asking men to perform arduous tasks that could easily be accomplished by machine.

[14] In Bath Cabinet Makers's early days, he set up an Education Committee and ran games and dramatic clubs.

[15] Prior to World War I, Bath Cabinet Makers furniture was on constant display in London stores such as Maples and Harrods.

The factories were converted to manufacture aircraft parts, to be restored to panelling, joinery and high-class furniture when the war ended.

The factory was to a novel single floor design by Yorke Rosenberg Mardall architects, using a Metro space frame roof structure for the first time in the United Kingdom.