INTERIORS WITH SOUL
Art Deco
Delights WIN! The antiques
100 YEARS DARTINGTON every home
CRYSTAL
OF TWENTIES GLASSWARE should have
6 PRIZES
DESIGN (according to
the experts)
Spinning COLLECT NOW
AYARN WALL SCONCES
The history of OVERMANTEL
silk unravelled MIRRORS
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Welcome
ENDURING
DESIGN
t is a widely accepted 56) does this beautifully, I
idea that a piece think you will also adore the
becomes an antique mix of traditional architecture,
when it turns 100 years vintage design classics and
Iold. While many argue contemporary art found in
that important design is lighting designers Esther
valuable at any age, there is Pa"erson and Paul Carr’s
no denying that when an item home. Take a tour of their
passes its centenary it gains a welcoming place on page 76.
certain gravitas; it has proved My eyes lit up when I read
that it can stand the test of ‘The One’: the antiques that
time, and that its signi!cance every home should have,
will endure. And so, as we according to a shortlist of
start the 2020s, it is thrilling experts from the collecting, art,
to see that the design pieces design and interiors worlds.
of the art deco movement, Every one of the suggestions is
which saw its dawn in the inspiring, though my opinion
1920s, remain powerful and happens to fall in line with
impactful today. On page 44, Max Rolli!’s suggestion… turn
we celebrate the transition of to page 109 to read the feature
deco design from ‘vintage’ to and see which expert you
Tell us what ‘antique’ with con!dence that agree with.
inspires you in this these pieces will be treasured
issue of H&A. Tag
@homes_antiques on for many centuries to come.
Instagram or use the We love a house that blends
addresses overleaf old and new here at H&A, and
while our cover home (page Mel Sherwood, Editor
MY FIVE FAVOURITE ANTIQUES IN THIS ISSUE…
LIGHT UP THE NIGHT ON THE SPOT ROLL OUT THE CARPET NOBLE BUDDHA SILKEN THRONE
The soft, warming These 19th-century The rich red threads in Whoever donated this Upholstered in silk
glow from this gilded dalmatians recently this hand-woven Tekke Tibetan Buddha to a damask, this c1700
sconce is just what you sold for a song – I Bokhara rug make it charity shop must have chair is just one antique
need when the nights wish I’d been in the just as worthy of your had little idea of its that we have the
are still so long. salesroom to bid! walls as your floor. incredible value… silkworm to thank for.
P35 P125 P83 P28 P75
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From collectable sculpture to design exhibitions,
February’s o!erings will put a spring in your step Q!!WIN
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT !" Crystal
Pore over a miniature Brontë book and glassware
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fast-paced art deco movement
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you read Star
Letter
H&A?
RIGHT Jane was
Having subscribed to your
magazine while living in inspired to write
to us after reading
Mongolia, you can imagine our collecting
my delight when the "rst copy guide on Welsh
arrived. In temperatures of -37 blankets in the
degrees in winter, we’d relish the October issue.
evenings when we could sit by BELOW These
an open "re sharing back copies intriguing musical
with friends. We’d discuss our instruments were Get
latest antique "nds, how best bought by Isabelle in Touch
to display them, the history in Mongolia. If you would like
behind them and new uses to be featured in
for them. Here is a pair of H&A, write to us at
antique musical instruments homesandantiques@
we purchased there. immediate.co.uk
All of our copies were Warm
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when we le# – a welcome and sunny
addition to hospital waiting STAR LETTER
rooms, local cafes, English Our star le!er
language discussion groups…
and have provided much I’ve just received my October winner* will
interest within the local issue of H&A with the article on receive a bo!le
community and inspiration Welsh blankets. I still have my of Tai!inger
for budding interior designers. mother’s which was purchased in Brut Réserve
I wonder if Homes & Newport back in 1945. We were
Antiques has reached visiting my grandmother who worth £""#$%
anywhere more remote? lived in the Rhondda Valley and – tai!inger.com
Isabelle Stuart, Derbyshire were having a day’s shopping in
Newport. My mother loved yellow
MEL SAYS: Thank you for (as I still do) so she bought a lovely
writing to us, Isabelle, and blanket with varying sunny
sharing your experiences of plaids. I have mine si!ing on the
life in Mongolia. It’s thrilling guest room bed, which cheers the
to think that H&A brings joy in room so much. Rachel Whiting
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various corners of the world. Jane Dawkin, Danville, CA, USA a daytime phone number.
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Let it If Antiques
glow Could Talk...
Locket love
I was very interested I have an antique story that relates to
to see an article in a locket. It is something that I have
Homes & Antiques’ treasured for nearly 50 years, ever since
December issue on my beloved grandmother bought it for
candle holders, which my 16th birthday. What made her
featured a Wedgwood choose it was that my name, Kate,
Sheringham example. was engraved on the silver case.
I in fact own the very Inside the locket are photographs
same one, having won it in a of the original Kate and
competition in your magazine her husband, and she is wearing
quite a few years ago now. the locket in the photograph.
Here’s a photo of a smaller blue My lovely grandmother died many
one (next to the holder I won) that years ago, but I still have the locket
I bought in a charity shop for a to remind me of her.
few pounds. I’m always on the I also often wonder
lookout for a match for either to about the original
get a pair some day. I just thought Kate – who she
this would be of some interest to was and what her
any other owners out there. life was like.
Gloria Holm, via email Kate Rous,
Su!olk
Giving
new life DO YOU HAVE AN
ANTIQUE WITH A STORY?
If you have an heirloom that’s survived
two world wars, or a treasured artwork
I read Jay’s article in given to the family by the artist themself,
the November issue then we want to hear about it. Tell us
and thought I should
send in a photo of my all about your antique’s story and take
very old sofa a!er it a good picture of it, then send it in to us
was given a reprieve (see addresses, le!). If your piece with
from the skip. It was provenance is printed, we’ll send you
one of a pair, made a Tea Cup Tea Towel worth £12 from
in the USA, which I Thornback & Peel.
bought second-hand
when our kids were
small. We all loved
its deep arms and
high back, but last
year it was looking very sorry for
itself in its old dark tartan cover.
I saw this lovely "oral material
in a Multiyork advert, tracked
down the fabric and got my clever WIN!
friend to re-cover it, complete another 20 years of life now. A Teacup tea
with the reversible seat cushions. I hope you approve, Jay! towel worth
I love it and am sure it has at least Anne, via email £"#*
MEL SAYS: As an advocate of repurposing what we already have, I’m sure
Jay would approve, Anne! Thank you for revealing your fabulous ‘new’ sofa.
February 2020 Homes & Antiques 9
theMONTH
YOUR MONTHLY BRIEFING FROM THE WORLD OF HOMES & ANTIQUES
1 the COLLECTABLE
CHISEL & MOUSE
Model makers Robert and Gavin
Paisley have recently created an
extra-special design that celebrates the
beauty and intricacy of the neoclassical
US Capitol building. This !D-printed
cutaway model is part of a limited-
edition run, and costs £"#$ to buy.
chiselandmouse.com
A true antique of the future, this
intricate model was handcrafted
with display in mind.
February 2020 Homes & Antiques 11
the FAIR
COLLECT 2020
On the hunt for some showstopping,
contemporary pieces? Collect 2020
(27th Feb–1st March) is hosted at
2 Cra"s Council’s take on an interactive
London’s Somerset House, and is The
gallery, o$ering the crème de la crème of
the DESIGN modern cra" and design. Explore pieces
in ceramics, glass, metal, wood and
INSPIRED BY THE textiles by over 400 artists, plus
large-scale installations.
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Drawing inspiration from the murky, reed-!lled waters of
Kenwood Ladies’ Pond on Hampstead Heath, and the bathers
who swim in it, these solid-wood stools from innovative design
studio Sella Concept make quite the statement. The curvaceous
bar stools are cra"ed from tulipwood with a textured co#on
bouclé seat. The furniture-cum-sculpture !nish is truly unique.
sella-concept.com
BELOW Each of the three stools (Bather 1, 2 and 3) can be ordered directly
from the Sella Concept website for £2 000 each.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP Green Leaf, 2012, by
Joon-Yong Kim; pair of blue brass patinated
sculptures, 2018, by Toru Kaneko; black cut and
altered vessel, 2019, by Ashraf Hanna; glass
sculpture Yobitsugi ‘Benihomura’, 2018, by Yukito
Nishinaka; Quercus Pod, 2018, by Angus Ross. Genevieve Lutkin
12 Homes & Antiques February 2020
theMONTH
4 the CLASSIC
THE NORTON
RECLINER
First launched in 1966 as a
sumptuous reclining armchair,
Parker Knoll’s Norton is
something of an icon. And now,
to celebrate the brand’s 150th
year, the special seat has been
relaunched with a contemporary
edge: an uber-comfortable
motorised tilting headrest. Just
perfect for an a!ernoon snooze.
01773 604121; parkerknoll.co.uk
Make a statement this spring
with the Norton 150 from Parker
Knoll in Mustard, £1,815.
February 2020 Homes & Antiques 13
theMONTH
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP
The Giardino Segreto collection;
Designers Guild fabrics in
manufacture; founder of Designers
Guild, Tricia Guild OBE.
5 the EXHIBITION
50 YEARS OF
DESIGNERS
GUILD
When Tricia Guild founded
Designers Guild back in 1970, it
was just a small shop on Chelsea’s
Kings Road. Today, it has evolved
©Designers Guild @ James Merrell
into a hugely in!uential design
business. From 14th February-
14th June, the Fashion and Textile
Museum will be celebrating
Tricia’s extraordinary career.
020 7407 8664; ftmlondon.org
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ANTIQUES.NEWS.
In the Spotlight
A MINIATURE
BRONTË BOOK
Wri!en for the toy soldiers
that the young Brontës used to
play with, Charlo!e’s ‘li!le
book’, entitled The Young Men’s
Magazine, Volume 2, was one of
six miniature manuscripts she
created when she was just 14.
The book is one of "ve that
are known to have survived
out of the six that Charlo!e
penned, and will now join the
other four at the Brontë
Parsonage Museum.
Measuring 35 # 61mm,
it was handwri!en in tiny
characters aimed to replicate
print, and regaled tales of an
imaginary West African
se!lement named Glass Town.
The diminutive work came
up for auction at Drouot in
Paris in November and was
snapped up by the Brontë
Society for $600,000 (£512,000),
©Aguttes/Drouot; Getty Images fundraising campaign to help
a%er they ran a public
them ensure it was brought
back to Haworth in Yorkshire.
bronte.org.uk
REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
February 2020 Homes & Antiques 17
In the Spotlight
A CHARLES
CAMERON
CHIMNEYPIECE
Drawing on both neoclassical
and Palladian styles, this
exquisite marble chimneypiece,
designed by the architect
Charles Cameron, is for sale at
Westland London for £192,000.
Carved by sculptor Thomas
Carter, the central pu!i "gures
in high relief represent the
Arts, Sciences, Knowledge and
Industry, and the main piece is
#anked by foliate columns.
It caused such a stir, being
one of the few salvaged pieces
from 15 Hanover Square,
London – the only architectural
project in the UK with known
evidence of Charles Cameron’s
involvement. Very li!le of his
work remains in England, as
the Scotsman had moved to
Russia by 1779 to work as a
court architect for Catherine II.
westlandlondon.com
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Be inspired by the newest DESIGN TRENDS and discover of-the-moment
ANTIQUES that will add !air and CHARM to your home this season...
EDITED BY SOPHIE HANNAM & CAROLINE WHEATER
Traditional
touches
In her latest collection, fabric designer Sarah
Hardaker has given classic and delicate
chinoiserie shades a dramatic twist, with a
grown-up colour palette of smoky blues and
reds. We love the way the moody hues are
also echoed in the on-trend tongue-and-
groove panelling. The curtains are made from
Chinoiserie After Dark fabric in Arles Blue, from
£64 per m, and the cushions are in Arles Blue
and Faded Red, from £55 each.
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BLOOMING LOVELY
For a beautiful bouquet that won’t wilt or wither, look no further than The
Magic Flower Company. It naturally preserves hand-picked blooms by
replacing the sap with a glycerine-based mixture, which means they will
live on for months and months without needing any water. This classic Purity
arrangement, £59.95, looks charming in an antique blue and white vase.
01473 785454; magicflowercompany.co.uk
Fine furniture
Bijouterie tables were used to display
small, precious things, including jewellery,
and the renowned Parisian furniture
maker, François Linke, made this superb
example. Linke established his business
in 1881 at Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine,
opening a showroom in Place Vendôme in
1903. The bijouterie dates to the late 19th
century, but re!ects the Louis XVI style
of a century earlier. It sold for £10,062 at
Bonhams, part of the sale of The Contents
of a 19th Century Baltic Villa.
bonhams.com
SWEET MEMORIES Antique Speak
A collection of early Fair warning
20th-century postcards Going, going... gone! During a live
recently made an astonishing auction, when the auctioneer shouts
£5,715 – 15 times the asking ‘fair warning’, it means that now is
price. The albums your last chance to (quickly!) raise
your paddle and place a bid before the
were !lled with
auctioneer brings down their gavel
personal memories and the lot is closed.
and re"ected life in
south London districts
such as Bromley and
West Wickham.
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ST Y L E . N O W.
IN THE ABSTRACT Inspiration
This new collection of colours from Crown Bookshelf
Paints is an ode to abstract artist Lee
Krasner (the wife of Jackson Pollock) and These tomes are !lled
you can certainly see her love of vivacious with seasonal inspo,
shades in the bold hues. Here, the wall from antique tiles to
and door are painted in Powder Blue, £18 showstopping "orals
for 2.5l, and the statement square in Palm
Springs, £14.50 for 1.25l of matt emulsion.
0330 024 0281; crownpaints.co.uk
In this colourful read, trace the
lesser-known history of tiles,
from ancient Islamic designs
to 17th-century delftware.
(£19.95, Thames & Hudson in
association with the V&A)
Step away from the tourist
hotspots this year, as Siobhan
Ferguson takes you on a tour
of London’s most beautiful
buildings and sights.
CHAIR OF (£25, The History Press)
DREAMS
Is anything more relaxing than
cosying up in a warm, cocooning
chair for the afternoon? This
Oxbow lounge number by Namon
Gaston for Dare Studio, £2,400,
has sleek and minimal lines and is
perfect for a mid-century-inspired
scheme. It’s available in two
colourways and we were most
drawn to this textured blue wool In Floret Farm’s A Year in
fabric, designed by London textiles Flowers, learn how to create
company Eleanor Pritchard Studio. colourful floral arrangements
for every occasion with fresh,
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darestudio.com (£21.99, Chronicle Books)
February 2020 Homes & Antiques 23
IN THE
Don’t Miss
February SMALL PRINT
Discover all of the
events worth making We love gallery walls: they’re
an extra-special trip a chance to showcase some
to see this month of your carefully curated
older works alongside
contemporary prints, framed
textiles or wall hangings.
Now, for the first time ever,
fashion front-runner French
Connection has released
a collection of framed
prints, ranging from stylish
monochromatic portraits
to pink-hued Californian
landscapes. Framed artworks
start from £95; tan leather
YEAR OF RESTORATION sling back chair, £395.
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visit Blenheim Palace for special frenchconnection.com
Restoration & Conservation tours.
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60-Second Guide
CHEVAL MIRRORS
David Hockney,
See yourself clearly in one of these elegant looking glasses
Invented in the 18th century, Bonhams. If you’re buying from
BRITISH BAROQUE: full-length cheval mirrors were an antiques shop, expect to pay Florida;
POWER AND ILLUSION adjustable so that the mirror could from £800 to £2,000 for a good-
From 4th Feb-19th April, visit the be angled upwards or downwards. quality Victorian or Edwardian Sarasota,
Tate’s first exhibition devoted to Early examples were o!en very mirror, and £2,000-£4,000
17th-century baroque artworks. wide to suit the fashionable, large for one that hails from the Ringling,
tate.org.uk dresses of the time. Mirrors made 18th century or Regency period.
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until the mid 20th century when
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earlier re"ective coatings have a Gregory, 1982, composite polaroid 14! x 13"” © David Hockney. Photo Credit: Richard Schmidt
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tell of a mirror’s true age. Gennari,
Auctions are the most a#ordable
places to buy them and you can
pick one up from £150 upwards. Benedetto
Recently, this lovely art deco
DAVID HOCKNEY: walnut mirror (right) made £350
DRAWING FROM LIFE at Sworders, while the top-notch Hemsworth;
From 27th Feb-28th June, visit French Empire mahogany and
the first major exhibition of bronze mirror made £2,040 at Mark
Hockney’s drawings in 20 years. ©2016
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HEART OF GLASS
With a minimalist shape and soft colour
palette that reminds us of shapely 19th-century
Bohemian glass, these sweet Zinnia bud vases
from Oliver Bonas (£12.50 each) are prime for
displaying a solitary bloom or small posy of
seasonal greenery. We love the way that the
inner vessel is seamlessly suspended within
an outer glass tube, like a sleek piece
of modern art.
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On Instagram
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‘Antiques and 20th-century design are food for the eyes,’ muses
BBC Antiques Roadshow expert and author Mark Hill,
who began his career as a salesroom porter before cu!ing his
teeth at Bonhams and Sotheby’s, and co-authoring books with
antiques legend Judith Miller. His Instagram account features
a wealth of beautiful objects: ‘If an item looks good, is made
well and screams the design aesthetics of its period, it’s
bound to have a fascinating tale to tell.’
What to Sell Now BRITISH RAJ PAINTINGS
Richard Kay of Lawrences on why you should cash in...
We’re seeing strong interest in British artists who worked as
topographers, marine painters, military artists and portrait
painters for British patrons and merchants. They were kept occupied,
o!en for years at a time, with commissions to record people, work, trade and
discoveries in India. The best of them "ourished from 1780-1850 and include
George Chinnery, whose portrait of John Edmund Elliot, son of a Governor
General of India, made £3,300 (est £2,000-£3,000) recently. Good topography
a#racts intense bidding too, with William Daniell’s grey wash drawing,
The King’s Garden, Allahabad, soaring to £7,600 – 10 times the estimate.
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A!er being valued at £3,500 on the
Antiques Roadshow last autumn, a
collection that included the "rst Olympic Meet the Expert
medals won by a British black athlete
have sold for £8,000 at auction. Runner Antique textiles dealer, Meg Andrews
Jack London won bronze and silver
in the 1928 Olympic Games.
I’ve collected since I was a child – periods. I’m interested in how
stamps and postcards to start with designs evolved, and I try to #nd
– and I was very in!uenced by a unusual pieces to research and sell
friend’s Edwardian home, which on to museums, design archives
was stu"ed with antiques. and collectors. I would describe
myself as a textile detective. I’m
In my twenties, I joined Sotheby’s a trustee of The Textile Society
Belgravia salesroom, working and, at the twice-yearly fairs,
on the front counter. I used to I sell items from a few pounds
cycle to the V&A to go to lectures upwards – a li$le piece of antique
on antique furniture to build fabric framed can look as lovely as
up my knowledge. I moved to a larger and much more expensive
the ceramics department, then wall hanging.
furniture, and set up the antique
textiles department in 1970. At home, I have antique fabrics
on every wall. In my o%ce, I have
I’ve been an independent a favourite fragment of an early
dealer for 30 years. I sell 18th 18th-century crewelwork curtain
and 19th-century costume and depicting a hunter, a stag and a
dress, authentic Kashmir shawls hound. I’m o&en asked if I’ll sell it
and those of Paisley design, and the answer’s always no.
embroideries, and printed and
woven antique fabrics from all meg-andrews.com
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BOUND 1938 furnishing
linen, £3,000;
Venetian brocade,
Be careful what you give away. £550; velvet
An 18th-century gilt-bronze cushion, £120.
Buddha from Tibet, consigned by
a local charity shop, is heading
back to the Far East after it
sold for £15,500 at Mallams
Cheltenham, against an estimate
of £200-£300. Mallams specialist
Robin Fisher says, ‘We had other
Tibetan Buddhas in the sale,
but this one was particularly
desirable due to its original
patina, subject and condition.’
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Restorer
‘It once took me want to ask them:
‘How much waste
two years to do you generate?’
re-cover a chair, Because everybody
produces waste
simply because and it’s what you
I had to wait for do with it that
determines
the right le!over whether you’re
pieces of fabric thinking about
the future of
Jesse Wild to come along.’ the planet.
Every time
I work on an
upholstery project, I always
make sure I cut the fabric in a
particular way so that I have the
least amount of it le" over. It’s
Jay Blades then my duty to !gure out how
I can use those scraps – so it
might mean that I put a small
LET’S COLLABORATE piece on a stool or sew two bits
together to do the back of a chair.
Almost every piece of le"over
Jay divulges some of his future design plans and material is used on another job.
When you look at my chairs,
shares his thoughts on the bene!ts and challenges you’ll sometimes see I’ve put a
of !nding the right person to collaborate with li#le bit of fabric on the back
or the piping doesn’t go all the
way round. The inspiration for
this originated with a chair
ollaboration for me a particular chair that I have I upholstered a few years ago –
is more about being waiting in my workshop. There it’s not because I had initially
inspired by someone are some fabrics that I have come designed it that way on purpose
C else. They don’t across, which I haven’t yet but because I had run out of
necessarily have to be in the identi!ed the perfect chair for. material. Now, this is a feature
!eld of furniture or upholstery, With this in mind, I feel the design of mine that is sustainable
they can be photographers and natural next step for me would be at the same time.
knitwear designers who have to bring out a range of furniture. I I’m also not what you’d call
created something beautiful. I would love to design an item from a ‘commercial manufacturer’,
admire what these cra"speople the ground up. I do have some I am more in tune with the slow
do and want to !nd a creative way designs in my head, but it’s about movement. It once took me two
to fuse their ideas into my work. !nding the right person to years to re-cover a chair, simply
I have found the easiest way to collaborate with. For example, I’d because I had to wait for the right
do this is by seeking out fabric need to !nd someone who makes le"over pieces of fabric to come
designers. I’ll see a pa#ern that things using sustainable timber. along. So the challenge would be
captures my a#ention and I’ll When looking for someone to to !nd someone who is happy to
know instantly that it belongs on team up with, I would always work this way too.
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Pen to Paper
Adorn a stately bureau with
!ne antique writing tools
!) Regency chinoiserie decorated inkstand,
£1,850, S&S Timms Antiques.
") Edwardian sterling silver letter rack,
£475, Robert Bush Antiques.
#) French silver mother of pearl letter opener,
£95, Krave Antiques at Decorative Collective.
$) Conklin Endura Senior sapphire blue pen,
£385, Vintage and Modern Pens.
%) 19th-century mahogany-boxed technical
drawing instrument set, £175, Antique Ethos.
&) French desk seal c1880, £285,
Regent Antiques.
') Late 19th-century oriental writing slope,
3 £1,350, Windsor House Antiques. 4
5 6 7
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Wall Sconces
Bask in the golden glow from one of
these old and new look-at-me lights
!) French art deco wall sconce,
£125, The Old Cinema.
") Mid-century French gilt leaf sconce,
£850, LCT Home.
#) Brass wheatsheaf sconce, £275, Ceraudo.
$) Ormolu wall lights, £795 a pair,
Graham Smith Antiques.
%) 19th-century brass shell sconces, £880
a pair, Norfolk Decorative Antiques at
Decorative Collective.
&) Hand-painted gilt bronze sconce, £195,
Rams Head Antiques at Selling Antiques.
') Leaf sconce, £225, The Shop Floor Project.
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Meet the Maker THE LETTERPRESS COLLECTIVE
Meet the Maker
THE LETTERPRESS
COLLECTIVE
Nick Hand is keeping the heritage cra! of le"erpressing alive
from his traditional printing room in the heart of Bristol
INTERVIEW KATY LAYTON PHOTOGRAPHS JESSE WILD
The Le!erpress Collective "rst began in Le!erpress is the old form of printing;
2013 – a year a#er the last commercial the kind that Gutenberg invented in
le!erpress printer shut its doors in the 1450. It changed the world forever
city of Bristol a#er 600 years. Founder because it "nally meant that you could
Nick Hand saw an opportunity to learn print in quantity. That way of printing
from the last of the printers and now, became the way to do it for the following
with the help of his colleague, Ellen, 600 years, until very recently…
uses his business to give a voice to
local creatives, producing exquisite What inspires you and your designs?
le!erpress print work. Inspiration comes from everywhere.
I’ve just spent a few days in Madrid
When did you discover le!erpressing? going to exhibitions and looking at art.
It was in my last year of art college in The thing about le!erpressing is that
1977 – I spent a year in a le!erpress there is a really nice community – there
room and it had an e$ect on me that are probably only 20 full-time printers
I wasn’t aware of until much later. in Britain. I’m really inspired by other
38 Homes & Antiques February 2020
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February 2020 Homes & Antiques 39
Meet the Maker THE LETTERPRESS COLLECTIVE
CLOCKWISE FROM
TOP LEFT One of the
printing presses at The
Letterpress Collective;
type is carefully set on
a printer’s stone, ‘We
mostly work in wood
and lead type’; Nick
maps out the design
for a poster.
people, and what I like about
le!erpress is that everyone
seems to have a di"erent Albion press because it’s got print and set type by running
take on it, each producing lion’s feet. The type we use gets workshops. The other thing we
unique work. passed on and you just hope it do is print our own work and
gets looked a$er. Those le!ers try to sell it – this is probably
Tell us about your presses come with a legacy and you’re the least successful of the
When we #rst started, we just a part of their story. I have projects we do, but it’s great
had to dig around and #nd a huge amount of respect for fun to be able to design
equipment. There have been the tools we use – you could organically. We also work on
one or two printer friends of handle a wood le!er that’s 100 commissions, where people
ours who have o"ered us bits years old; you don’t know the ask us to print a poetry book, a
and bobs, and as we’ve gone on, words it has made or how o$en cover or a business card etc.
we’ve been able to save money it’s been used. You can see the I’m passionate about
and buy one or two things. The scars on it, but that’s exactly collaboration. What
oldest printing press we have is what gives it character. happens with print
from 1832 and it’s an Albion and the work we
press. It came from a printers Explain what you do at produce is that we
two streets away, so it’s The Le!erpress Collective become a voice on
travelled 200 yards in that We do three main things. behalf of other voices
time! You can always tell an One is we teach people how to – I love this part of it. I
40 Homes & Antiques February 2020
ST Y L E N O W.
CLOCKWISE FROM
LEFT Nick applies ink
to the type on the bed
of the press; Nick and
Ellen in their Bristol-
based workshop;
a coloured layer is
added to a poster.
started making journeys on my Mainz in Germany, the place
bicycle about 10 years ago and where Johannes Gutenberg
I began to record the stories invented printing with
of people that I met along the moveable type in 1450.
way; their work and their lives.
I’m really excited as we’ve just What has been the proudest
printed a book about one of my moment of your career so far?
journeys on a printing press Two things really. One is the ever done. In January, I’m
bicycle from Land’s End to pride that I have in Ellen and exhibiting at the Devon Guild
John O’Groats. It’s called watching her become an of Cra"smen in Bovey Tracey,
Journeyman and tells the story amazing le!erpress printer showcasing the stories of other
of makers I met along the way. over the past six years – I’m makers in pictures and audio.
sure she will print now for the It will be quite a moment for
Tell us more about the rest of her life. The second is me. I never intended to set this
le!erpress bicycle telling the stories of the place up or to become a
It came about because a friend makers that I’ve met through le!erpress printer, but it’s
and I were intrigued as to my journeys on the bicycle. happened and I take it one
whether you could put a step at a time.
printing press on the back of a Any future plans?
bike. He made the bicycle and Everything we do, we try and Discover Nick and Ellen’s work at
we cycled from Bristol to make it the best thing we have thele!erpresscollective.org
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and fill bowls with colourful
garnishes to create a display
that will add deco dazzle to
any gathering.
INSPIRATION Twenties Deco
Welcome to the
ROARING
TWENTIES!
As we enter 2020, Kate MacDougall looks back 100 years and
discovers the dawn of a striking, dynamic and oh-so fabulous
movement that would come to be called ‘art deco’
STYLING JAINE BEVAN PHOTOGRAPHS PHILIP SOWELS
Februar 19
July 2020 Homes & Antiques 45
INSPIRATION Twenties Deco
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A Masked Ball watercolour
and gouache on paper by Walpole
Champneys, £2,900 for a pair; Epstein
cloud chair, £8,900 for a three-piece
suite, both Jeroen Markies. Jacket on
chair, stylist’s own. Art deco mirror glass
cocktail trolley, £750, Gazelles of
Lyndhurst. On top shelf: art deco
Champagne cooler, £690, Matthew
Foster Art Deco Gallery London; art deco
Champagne bucket, £650; art deco
cocktail glass, £365 for six, both
Gazelles of Lyndhurst; Napier cocktail
shaker, £950; art deco cocktail
shaker, £1,150, both Jeroen Markies;
French perfume bottle base c1930,
£440 for complete bottle, Gazelles of
Lyndhurst. On bottom shelf: white
bowl, stylist’s own; Bristol Blue Glass
wine glasses, £30 each, Focus on the
Past; art deco cocktail glasses, £365
for six, Gazelles of Lyndhurst. 1920s
Turkish Panderma silk rug, £3,200,
Rare Rugs.
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Art deco gilded dancing lady lamp
c1920, £1,200, Regent Antiques.
Art deco bronze study of a dancer
c1925, £8,950, Jeroen Markies.
Art deco bronze and marble figure
by Demetre Chiparus c1925, £8,200;
art deco bronze and marble dancer
with a thyrsus, £3,900; art deco
bronze and Brazilian onyx figure of
a dancer by Josef Lorenzl c1930,
£4,500, all Morgan Strickland
Decorative Arts.
46 Homes & Antiques February 2020
C a style that be!er
an you think of
encapsulates the
era from which it
was born than art
deco? Sandwiched
between the horror and
disarray of the two World Wars,
there was a glorious, golden
time, where society chose to
forget the austerity and
conservatism of the past and
turned sharply towards the
decadent, the glamorous and
the thoroughly modern.
With a new consumer
economy booming and a
renewed sense of hope and
aspiration in the air, the 1920s
roared in on the bloodied coat
tails of the First World War,
bringing "appers, jazz and
the rise of the silver screen
alongside a bold, new aesthetic.
Taking its name from the 1925
Exposition Internationale des
Arts Décoratifs et Industriels
Modernes, a huge exhibition
Compared to the booming nightlife scene, worklife in the 1920s
was a more sombre affair, with the Great Depression hitting at
the end of the decade. Still, that didn’t stop designers creating
stunning, practical pieces to brighten formal situations. To
channel the look, bedeck a maple or rosewood desk with sleek
accessories – a dome lamp and Smith Corona typewriter – as
well as more delicate, handmade ornaments.
Art deco desk c1930, £4,800, Gazelles of Lyndhurst.
Wrought-iron inkstand c1920s, £950, Matthew Foster Art
Deco Gallery London. Books, stylist’s own. Picture Show
magazine, £8, Rachel’s & Michael’s Antiques. Pre-war Smith
Corona 4 typewriter, £925, Mr & Mrs Vintage Typewriters.
Stag sculpture on onyx and marble base c1930, £100;
shagreen photo frame c1930, £550, both Gazelles of
Lyndhurst. René Lalique 1929 paperweights ‘Antelope’,
£1,100; ‘Daim’, £1,100; ‘Perche’, £1,500, all M&D Moir. Art
deco dome lamp, £985, Jeroen Markies. 1929 geometric
teacup, £85 as part of a set, Savoy Art Deco Collectables.
February 2020 Homes & Antiques 47
INSPIRATION Twenties Deco
held in Paris and featuring all
the key designers of the day, art
deco quickly became a global
movement – the !rst of its kind.
With its dynamic, streamlined
forms, geometric pa"erning,
and use of rare and striking
materials such as ebony,
tortoiseshell and jade, art deco
was as distinctive as it was
universal. The look included not
just furniture and architecture,
but also mirrors, lamps,
barware, wallpaper, tiles,
rugs and bronzes.
Unsurprisingly, authentic
pieces are in huge demand today.
Art deco dealer and restorer
Jeroen Markies explains why he
believes the style remains so
popular: ‘The pieces still have a
contemporary feel about them,
bridging a gap between the
antique and the modern. They
are a great look for today’s
home,’ he says.
Symmetrical, geometric clocks abounded
in the 1920s and reflected the architecture
of the period. Soften an array of stylish
timepieces on a console table with rounded
stoneware vases and Bakelite lamps.
Art deco console table c1928,
£8,800, Gazelles of Lyndhurst. On
table (at the back): Süe et Mare art
deco clock, £2,250, Jeroen Markies;
Charles Catteau stoneware vase with
painted stylised leaves c1920, £1,975,
Matthew Foster Art Deco Gallery London;
green-and-white Bakelite table lamp
with matching shade, £785, The Design
Gallery. On table (at the front):
books, stylist’s own; Lalique glass
clock, £4,650, Jeroen Markies; French
marble mantel clock, £285, Savoy Art
Deco Collectables. Caucasus Kuba soumak
kilim, £2,450, Rare Rugs.
48 Homes & Antiques February 2020
Antique art deco walnut display On bottom shelf: René Lalique
cabinet, £1,200, Regent Antiques. Domremy vase, £1,480, Jeroen
In cabinet (top shelves): René Markies; Daum Nancy geometric etched
Lalique Rampillon vases, £1,875, The large green glass bowl, £1,950,
Design Gallery; £1,725, M&D Moir; Matthew Foster Art Deco Gallery. Walnut
Schneider Le Verre Francais Moonflask and burr occasional table, £480,
vase, £280, The Design Gallery. On Gazelles of Lyndhurst. Charles Catteau
second shelf: Peppermint René Lalique vase with leaping stag c1920s,
bowl, £2,500, M&D Moir; Moser £1,950, Matthew Foster Art Deco
emerald facet cut crystal vase with Gallery London. A Musical Idyll
oroplastic frieze c1920, £750, Richard watercolour and gouache on paper
Hoppé Antiques; René Lalique by Walpole Champneys, £2,900 for a
Bammako vase, £2,650, The pair, Jeroen Markies. 1930s Turkish
Design Gallery; Kralik c1925 rug, £1,450, Rare Rugs.
marquetry vase, £980, M&D Moir.
An impressive walnut
cabinet makes a
majestic backdrop for
your finest deco wares.
Arrange statement
glassware with plenty
of space around each
piece to make your
collection really stand
out. You can arrange
by shape, texture
or colour, or go
for contrast.
Cluster colourful geometric vases
on a richly patinated wooden table
and pull the look together with
a vibrant colour scheme.
Blue fabric, stylist’s own. Art
deco walnut and burr walnut
c1930 occasional table, £480,
Gazelles of Lyndhurst. Thomas
Forester & Son fan base vase,
£250; Thomas Forester & Son
tall vase, £750; Crown Devon
twin-handled, hand-painted
geometric vase, £450, all
Gazelles of Lyndhurst. Glazed
stoneware vase with
stylised floral motif c1920s,
£595; Longwy for Atelier
Primavera glazed and
craquelured art deco
ceramic pot c1920s, £595,
both Matthew Foster Art Deco
Gallery London.
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