Grinling Gibbons – carving a place in history
This year marks the tercentenary of the death of the master carver Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) described as the Michaelangelo of Wood. With a
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Regency style all the rage
Students of Regency England should look to Netflix’s Bridgerton to understand its society, design (and gossip), writes Christina Trevanion Like most of the population,
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Marc Allum’s love of classic cars
Antiques Roadshow expert Marc Allum has fallen in love with a sexy French model who is also high maintenance and weighs two tons
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The history of Heal’s furniture
Heal’s furniture’s classic look of limed oak belies a store at the forefront of design fashion for more than 200 years, writes antiques dealer
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Georgian gin glasses – start your collection
Take part in your own gin craze – Georgian gin glasses are stylish and affordable says Eric Knowles, antiques valuer and familiar face
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Antiques and art in 2021 – expert predictions
The last 12 months have thrown up huge challenges for the antiques and art industry, but the UK’s leading dealers and auctioneers are
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20 Inspirational Antique Instagram Accounts
With Christmas almost upon us and differing levels of lockdown all around, it’s the perfect excuse simply to hunker down
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Satsuma ware – a guide to collecting
Collecting Satsuma ware Now is a great time to start collecting Japanese export Satsuma ware, with genuine Meiji-Period (1868-1912) pieces available for less
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Guide to Collecting Election Memorabilia
The US election may have been one of the most contentious in living memory, but does that mean memorabilia and
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Guide to Collecting Chinese Jade
In 551-479 BCE Confucius wrote that jade was ‘soft, smooth and glossy, it appeared to them like benevolence; fine, compact
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