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1 MARTIN MILLARD CHEFFINS MID-CENTURY FURNITURE What’s hot? ‘Chairs in a word’ says Martin Millard. ‘Single chairs be th ...

for example under £150 and a Worcester teapot for £200 to £300.’ Up the ante several hundred pounds and a more sculptural s ...

5 BRUCE ADDISON BONHAMS SCOTLAND FINE FURNITURE ‘We’re noticing a new confidence in taste and self-expression when it comes ...

where small silver antiques are being reassessed as the treasures they are perfect for forming into interesting and striking dis ...

TREAT STUDIO CERAMICS This John Ward vase (est £700–£1000) is for sale at Sotheby’s Made in Britain auction on 13th Septem ...

1 ANCIENT BEGINNINGS Millions of years before humans walked the earth wild roses grew in rugged terrain where little else could. ...

5 A LONGING FOR LOVE Roses and romance go hand-in-hand a feeling so well captured by Victorian artist JW Waterhouse in his 1908 ...

7 TEA-TIME COLLECTABLES When you imagine an English tea party you’ll no doubt conjure images of tiny sandwiches and scones ser ...

Royal Crown Derby; Lalique SA; National Gallery of Art Washington DC; Xiao Kaixiong (^10) THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME Last year ...

An engraving of Frederic Lord Leighton (1830–1896) from James Taylor’s The Victorian Empire (William Mackenzie London 1899) ...

A NEW AGE Frederic Lord Leighton is best known as a painter but a burst of energy as a sculptor had far-reaching eects ushering ...

T here’s a well-known story’ says Michael Lake head of European sculpture and works of art at Bonhams ‘about an occasion d ...

THE LEIGHTON HOUSE MUSEUM In 1864 Leighton bought a plot of land in London’s Holland Park on which to build a house and studio ...

Chloe Rivers; Leighton House Museum; Sotheby’s; Christie’s his studio. There was no thought of exhibiting them.’ An Athlet ...

went on to create A Moment of Peril – a sculpture showing a Native American on horseback about to spear a snake – as a homag ...

Fans of Georgian architecture should pack some comfortable shoes and a map for a trip round the city’s finest 19th-century squ ...

The Guinness brewery has been at St James’s Gate since 1759 when Arthur Guinness took a 9000-year lease for £45 Irish pounds ...

Think of the world’s great design destinations and you’d be forgiven for not immediately bringing the eastern French city of ...

to produce sculptural objects. Still going strong in Nancy Daum continues to use the technique to create its collectable pieces. ...

As the dark horse of Scandi design capitals Oslo has plenty to oer fans of pared-back style. The city is split into east and wes ...