Alvar Aalto chairs make thousands in Somerset
Demand for mid-century furniture was evident in a recent sale in a Somerset auction when an elegant pair of ‘Model
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Alan Peters chest of drawers in Gloucestershire sale
A unique Korean/Japanese influenced chest of drawers made by the revered British cabinet maker Alan Peters OBE is one of
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Kyffin Williams painting leads Yorkshire sale
An oil painting by celebrated late Welsh artist Sir Kyffin Williams was the top lot in a North Yorkshire sale
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A guide to 18th-century antique walnut furniture
Though its era spanned only a few decades, The Age of Walnut was responsible for some of the best 18th-century furniture, writes antiques expert May
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New museum marks 100 years of Bauhaus
Exploring founder Walter Gropius’s question: ‘How do we want to live together?’ a new Bauhaus Museum in Weimar, Germany, home
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Hidden coin strikes gold in sale
A 14th-century French gold coin found by chance inside a tiny secret drawer of a 20th-century bureau – much to
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Boring brown? Appealingly antique!
A Somerset auction house said visitors to their recent sale had an “eagerness to buy” so-called brown furniture, with 87%
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Gold coin hidden in bureau could sell for thousands
A rare 14th-century French gold coin found in a secret drawer of a bureau could be worth thousands, according to
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Classic modern furniture in Cotswolds
Examples of classic 20th-century furniture will go under the hammer in the Cotswolds later this month, including a dining table designed
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Rare Robert Mouseman Thompson dining suite to sell
An important, early dining suite by celebrated furniture designer Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson is to sell in a South Yorkshire auction
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