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Item Ships From: United Kingdom
Rare Pine Screen / Room Divider, Sweden, 1960s/70s
By Axel Einar Hjorth, George Nakashima
Located in LEWES, GB
A rare pine screen / room divider, Sweden, 1960s/70s. In good condition with minor signs of age and wear relative to age and use. The screen curves and bends and can be put in variou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Pine
Vintage Decorative Bookends, Italian, Marble, Book Rest, Classical, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage decorative bookends. An Italian, marble book rest in classical taste, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1940.
Fascinating decorative bookends with a str...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Marble
Large Collection of Faux Decorative Books
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large 6m run of late 20th century faux decorative books, reclaimed from a museum exhibition. Arranged in runs of various sizes as pictured, the groups vary from single books to longer runs of up to 26 books.
Imitating old antique books...
Category
Late 20th Century English Georgian United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Resin, Wood, Hardwood
PAIR OF VINTAGE CAMPHOR WOOD MILITARY CAMPAIGN BEDSIDE TABLE NIGHTSTAND DRAWERs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of original mid century circa 1950's Camphor wood with gilt brass fixings bedside table n...
Category
20th Century Indian Campaign United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
C.W.S Art Deco Walnut Dressing Table on Cabriole Legs Full Mirror & Three Drawer
By C. W. S. Cabinet of Enfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this gorgeous C.W.S Cabinet Works Birmingham walnut dressing table on cabriole legs.
This piece is a part of a suite, with a ladies wardrobe...
Category
20th Century English Art Deco United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
Madame Butterfly
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian film poster for the 1932 drama, romance.
This is an exceptionally rare piece that has only surfaced a few times.
The artwork is unique to the films first release i...
Category
1930s Belgian Vintage United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Mahogany Billiard scoreboard
Located in Cheshire, GB
Wall-mounted billiard snooker scoring cabinet featuring a central panel flanked by sliders and revolving number bars All mounted on a ball storage box with glazed drawers for stake r...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Celestial Table Globe by Harris and Son
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A 12 inch celestial table globe by Harris and Son, the horizon ring, with the original papers, set on four turned mahogany legs, the label statin...
Category
1810s English Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Mahogany
FULLY RESTORED ANTIQUE FLAMED HARDWOOD GREEN LEATHER CHESTERFIELD LIBRARY STEPs
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, fully restored, hand made in England Flamed Mahogany & Green Leather, Chesterfield...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Signe Sornay by Alain Marcelpoil, Annik Beras Sornay & Olivier Lassalle (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Published in 2010, this is the much anticipated book on the life and career of Signe Sornay, with text in English and French. The book was published by Galerie Alain Marcelpoil who a...
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Mid Century Vintage Bamboo Magazine Book Rack French Riviera
Located in Leicester, GB
An elegant mid-century magazine rack in bamboo and rattan. Beautifully handmade. Lovely addition to any room. A unique vintage item.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bamboo, Cane
Picasso and Braque, Pioneering Cubism by William Rubin (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The unfolding of the Cubist idea in the years before World War I was perhaps the key episode in the development of modern art. Yet the fact that Cubism emerged from creative dialogue...
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
20th Century Canadian Solid Silver & Enamel Playing Cards Box, Toronto c.1920
By Ellis Bros.
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-20th Century Canadian solid silver playing cards case. This box features a smooth outer case, flared base which holds a cabinet-shaped...
Category
20th Century Canadian Other United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Ottoman Silk Carnation Motif Hand Embroidered Suzani Cushion
By Ottoman Touch
Located in London, GB
The Ottoman Carnation Motif Suzani Silk Hand-Embroidered Cushion is a masterpiece of traditional craftsmanship, bringing the rich heritage of Ottoman textile art into contemporary in...
Category
2010s Turkish Islamic United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Venetian Glass: 20th Century Italian Glass (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A rare journey into the art of fire through more than 250 magnificent pieces of art glass, which have been taken from the extraordinary 20th century Murano glass collection that Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu have assembled over years of passionate study. This beautifully illustrated book offers the reader a comprehensive excursion into the history of Venctian glass from 1900...
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20th Century United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
ANTIQUE 1830 THOMAS CRESWICK GEORGIAN PLAYiNG CARDS WITH FIZZLE ACE OF SPADES
By Thomas Creswick
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime original 1830 Thomas Creswick Georgian complete playing cards set with rare Fizzle A...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Hitchcock 'Marnie' Original Vintage British Vertical Quad Movie Poster, 1964
Located in Devon, GB
An exceedingly rare vertical format British Quad for Alfred Hitchcock's 1964 psychological sex thriller "Marnie," starring Tippi Hendren and Sean Connery. Not present on the conventi...
Category
1960s British Post-Modern Vintage United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Antique Ladies Folding Crocodile Purse, Sewing Kit.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Victorian Leather Ladies Purse.
A folding crocodile leather ladies purse, wallet, sewing kit with silver-gilt mounts and clip fastening, hallmarked London, 1885 with makers maker FP in a rectangular cartouche. Most probably Frederic Purnell who registered this mark Feb 1876, his earlier mark of an oval cartouche was registered Feb 1868. A rather lovely little sewing purse with compartments for you sewing needles, two material leaves for safety pins and four long thin compartments (possibly for thread). There are three paper packets of old needles ( two Abel Morrall's needles & one Wm. Hall & Co.needle packet) and a 'The Hotel Metropole...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver
Antique Carpentry Book, Architecture Reference, Peter Nicholson, Victorian, 1846
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique carpentry book. An English language, bound reference guide by Peter Nicholson, dating to the Victorian period, published 1846.
Fu...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Vintage George VI Arts & Crafts Style English Sterling Silver Chalice
By J. Wippell & Co. Ltd. 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage George VI English sterling silver chalice in the Arts & Crafts style; an addition to our religious silverware collection.
This exceptio...
Category
1940s English Arts and Crafts Vintage United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage Nepali Orange White Pink Red Green Dhaka with Irish Linen Cushion Pillow
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Vintage Nepali orange white and green Dhaka with Irish Linen cushion pillow
Beautiful luxury pillow (cushion) created from vintage ethnic fabric backe...
Category
Late 20th Century Nepalese United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Textile
Vintage Aquascutum Silk Plaid Tartan Fabric and Irish Linen Cushion Pillow
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
This cushion is a one-of-a-kind and part of a sustainability project. It has been created from an up-cycled, recycled luxury fabric, used with the intentions of promoting a more eco-...
Category
20th Century English United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Textile
Finely Carved 'Black Forest' Pipe Stand
By Black Forest
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A finely carved "Black Forest' pipe stand. Carved Lindenwood with a single bear standing over a naturalistic base with the pipe holders and astray to fron...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Pioneers of Modern Furniture (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This soft backed catalogue was produced for an exhibition at Fischer Fine Art, London, Which was to show the development of the design of modern furniture from the early years of the...
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Pair of Large Vintage Italian Artist Edmond Bacci Backed in Irish Linen Pillow
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Custom made large pair of luxury pillows (cushions) created from a rare vintage fabric by midcentury artist Edmund Bacci in an attractive abstract ...
Category
2010s Italian United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Textile
Aviation Motoring Goggles In Original Case. Triplex "A3"
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Rare Triplex "A3" Aero - Motor Goggles In Original Case.
An excellent and scarce pair of early aviation or motoring glasses made by Triplex. The goggles come in their original hard case with a paper label "Triplex "A3" Goggles, Clear" and embossed in gilt "Triplex Safety Glass, STG, Aero-motor Goggles". The tinted oval goggles with metal frames are backed with fur-trimmed 'sprung' soft fabric and an elastic headband...
Category
1920s British Vintage United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Glass
Medium Lie Alloy Putter By George Cribben Hythe, Kent
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hickory Golf Club, Braid Mills Style Putter.
A good example of an aluminium Braid Mills style putter by George Cribben, Hythe Golf Club, Kent (1897 - 1917). The top of the he...
Category
Early 20th Century British United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Aluminum
FINE PAiR OF ANTIQUE 1880 ITALIAN MARBLE TOP BOMBE NIGHTSTAND SIDE TABLE CHEST
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of Antique circa 1880 Italian Serpentine fronted Bombe side table...
Category
1880s Italian High Victorian Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Marble
20th Century Louis Vuitton Wardrobe Trunk In Monogram Canvas, France c.1920
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Stunning and most importantly complete, this early 20th Century Louis Vuitton wardrobe trunk was the must have item of any elite traveller. Covered in the world famous LV monogrammed...
Category
20th Century French Other United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
Important Burr & Burl Gothic Antique Dressing Table with Polished Brass Fittings
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare and important, Museum quality, Gothic style Antique Burr & Burl Walnut Dressing table with...
Category
18th Century European Gothic Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
Vintage 20th Century English Made Large Mahogany Pond Yacht c.1930
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A fantastic Gaff Cutter pond yacht, lovely “bread and butter“ wood hull construction dating to the first part of the 20th Century. Bread and butter construction is when planks of woo...
Category
1930s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Big Heat
Located in London, GB
Original US movie poster for Fritz Lang's 1953 Film Noir staring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame.
Category
1950s American Vintage United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Antique Pendant Pole Screen, English, Fireside Tapestry Stand, William IV, 1835
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique pendant pole screen. An English, mahogany and silk cotton fireside tapestry stand, dating to the William IV period, circa 1835.
Striking example of fireside dis...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Antique Ornithologist's Book Rest, English Pine Bookslide, Bird Motif, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique ornithologist's book rest. An English, stained pine bookslide with bird motif, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
A delightful Victorian treat for ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Pine
Circa 1910 Arts & Crafts Decorative Fire Screen Attributed Richard Riemerschmid
By Richard Riemerschmid
Located in London, GB
An intricately designed, and well-made, Arts & Crafts iron screen, attributed to and almost certainly designed by Richard Riemerschmid (1868-1957) in Germany. Circa 1910. The iron screen has a one large rectangular panel with two smaller stabilising flaps on either side. An arched insert...
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Iron
On the Waterfront
Located in London, GB
Original American photographic production still.
For the 1954 classic drama On the Waterfront. The film starred Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J Cobb. Guinness...
Category
1950s American Vintage United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Mamouth Niblick Golf Club, Junior
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Hickory Shafted Cochrane's Giant Niblick.
Maybe one of the most popular golf collectibles, the giant niblick. Found in many collections because of its eye-catching enormous, ...
Category
20th Century British United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Hickory
Antique Kalamkarii Block Printed Tree of Life
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Canterbury, GB
Antique Indo Persian Kalamkari
Dating from early 1900's
Skillfully hand block printed in India for the Persian market on a cotton ground depicting a Cypress Tree of Life , numerou...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Moorish United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Cotton
The Parallax View / Pohled Spolecnosti Parallax
Located in London, GB
Original Czech film poster for the 1974 thriller The Parallax View.
This film starred Warren Beatty and was directed by Alan J. Pakula.
This poster was created by the Czech artist Zd...
Category
1970s American Vintage United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Vintage 2 Draw Telescope, English, Leather, Brass, Terrestrial Refractor, C.1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 2 draw telescope. An English, leather on brass terrestrial refractor, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Perfect for bird watching, landscape appreciatio...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
Barry Friedman: The Eclectic Eye, Set of 4 Christie's Sale Catalogues (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
These 4 sale catalogues were produced for the sale of the many items that Barry Friedman the world renowned 20th century dealer/collector decided to sel...
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Breakfast at Tiffany's / Diamants sur Canapes
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster for Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard's Classic
1961 Comedy Romance. Directed by Blake Edwards, Tiffany's remains the number one best Audrey Hepburn title ...
Category
1960s French Vintage United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
The Blues Brothers
Located in London, GB
Original poster designed and used to promote the soundtrack for the classic 1980 comedy starring John Belushi, Dan Akroyd. This film was directed by John Landis.
This poster is unf...
Category
1980s American Vintage United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Early 19th Century 2 Day Marine Chronometer by James McCabe, No. 199
By James McCabe
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
Number 199, a two day marine chronometer by James McCabe, London, beautifully signed and numbered on the dial and movement, and the number on the bottom of the bowl. In a three part ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
Gio Ponti, Una Collezione Sotheby's (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Sotheby's auction catalogue of a sale of works by the influential and one of the most important Italian designers of the 20th century. There are pieces of furniture, ceramics and arc...
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Handwoven Large Block Geometric Merino Wool Cushion Pillow, Papaya/Red/Grey
By Pamela Print
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Drawing inspiration from the color and pattern found in stain glass work, the Uccle cushion takes its name from an area of Brussels renowned for its Art Deco architecture.
Handwoven on a dobby loom in our studio using soft merino lambswool and a traditional extra weft weaving technique, each cushion is meticulously made by hand.
The cushion is backed with handwoven Harris Tweed and comes with an optional cushion insert filled with British fleece, making this a completely sustainable product.
One-off piece.
**Please note orders outside of the UK will be sent without the British Fleece insert. The shipping cost on the listing for orders outside of the UK is for the cushion cover only. If you would like to purchase the cushion with the insert you will need to request a shipping quotation..**
Front: Handwoven British-sourced Merino Lambswool
Back: Handwoven Harris Tweed in Mid Grey with zip
Optional Cushion Insert: 100% cotton cambric cover with zip filled with British Dorset Horn fleece
Care: Dryclean or handwash gently in cool water...
Category
2010s British Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wool
Medieval Egyptian Mamluk Brass Tray Stand with Silver Inlay
Located in London, GB
This exceptionally beautiful and rare silver-inlaid brass tray stand dates from the medieval period, when the Mamluks ruled Egypt and Syria (1250-1517). The Mamluks originated as slave-soldiers, who served the Muslim caliphs and Ottoman Empire. With time, the Mamluks became a powerful military caste, and they managed to take control and establish themselves as rulers of certain areas within the Abbasid caliphate. The Mamluk dynasty commissioned great works of art and architecture, particularly in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, which was described in the 14th Century as ‘the centre of the universe and garden of the world’ (Ibn Khaldun, 1382).
This tray stand is of biconical form, with a raised central band and flared base and rim. It is decorated with scrolling vines, overlaid with Thuluth inscriptions and roundels. On the lower body, the roundels contain floral motifs, and in the upper, stylised depictions of birds. The Thuluth inscriptions praise the patron, referring to him as ‘The High authority, the Lordly, the Possessor’, and ‘the learned’. The underside of the rim is engraved with a heraldic medallion, possibly the patron’s symbol.
In the middle ages, when this piece was made, this item would have stood in a grand interior, supporting a tray full of fruit and fine food. The owner of this lavish piece which still bears traces of its original silver inlay would likely have been an Amir (prince) or some other important figure who was close to the Sultan in the Mamluk court.
Mamluk tray...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Islamic Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass, Silver
E W Godwin, Attri An Anglo-Japanese Three-Fold Screen with Birds Amidst Foliage
By Edward William Godwin
Located in London, GB
Edward William Godwin (attributed), an Aesthetic Movement ebonised and needlework three-fold screen, probably by Collinson and Lock, worked in colours with birds amidst foliage.
Coll...
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Late 19th Century British Anglo-Japanese Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Walnut
Tan Leather Cartridge Magazine
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Leather Cartridge Magazine Case.
A fine quality shooting cartridge magazine case. The shotgun magazine case is in good condition, single leather carry handle, twin leather st...
Category
20th Century English United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather
19th Century Early Victorian Tortoise Mount On Oak Oval Taxidermy Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful and totally original early Victorian taxidermy tortoise, mounted on a thick oval oak board with decorative chamfered edge with brass han...
Category
19th Century English Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Natural Fiber, Oak
"La Notti Bianche / White Nights" Original Italian Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Italian movie poster for the 1957 drama, romance. Directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Wind Tunnel Model of a Douglas Destroyer Made by NACA/NASA in 1942
Located in London, GB
A very rare World War II 1/5 scale wind tunnel development model of a Douglas "Destroyer" XSB2D-1 torpedo and dive bomber, circa 1942.
The model was made ...
Category
1940s American Vintage United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Aluminum
Collection of Barry Friedman Ltd, 2004 Sotheby's Sale Catalogue (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Sotheby's catalogue produced in 2004. 146 pages with 212 lots, all described and illustrated in color; index of makers. Paperback. It is a very good copy however there a highlighter has been used on the text of one of the articles. A first-rate collection of Austrian, Swedish and French decorative arts and design, including superb examples of furniture & objects by Josef Hoffman and his contemporaries; important pieces of furniture by the masters of prewar Swedish design, including Carl Malmsten, Carl Bergsten, Gustav Bergstrom...
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20th Century United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Andre Arbus by Georges Waldemar (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is an extremely rare limited edition work about Andre Arbus, who was one of the most important French Art Deco and modernist Architects, Designers and Furniture makers, publishe...
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20th Century United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Large Antique Book, Modern Practical Farriery, WJ Miles, English, Circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Modern Practical Farriery, by W.J. Miles et al. An English language, hard bound non-fiction book, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Full title, as follows: Modern practical farriery - a complete guide to all that relates to the horse, its history, varieties, and uses; breaking, training, feeding, stabling, and grooming; how to buy, keep and treat a horse in health and disease, etc.; forming a complete system of the veterinary art, as at present practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London / by W.J. Miles, M.R.C.V.S.L.; with numerous illustrations and a series of anatomical plates, engraved from original drawings from nature, by Benjamin Herring, Esq.; to which is added an essay on the diseases and management of cattle, sheep, and pigs by J.L. Lupton, M.R.C.V.S.
In fair, well-thumbed order. Some pages loose and displaying signs of coloration
Superb frontispiece in colour, redolent of contemporary William Morris print...
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Early 20th Century British Late Victorian United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
1808 The Works of John Dryden
By John Dryden
Located in Bath, GB
A complete, eighteen-volume set of the collected works of John Dryden, the first Scott edition, uniformly bound in straight-grain morocco.
The collected works of John Dryden, with n...
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Early 1800s British Antique United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Pair of Danish Santos Rosewood Single Drawer Nightstands
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
These are very nice Santos Rosewood (machaerium Scleroxylon) single drawer bedsides. They are mounted on the wall simply with two screws through the ba...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Hardwood
Frank Brangwyn, Armchair for the Canadian Pacific Liner 'SS Empress of Britain'
By Frank Brangwyn
Located in London, GB
Frank Brangwyn. An important armchair.
Brangwyn's last interior designs were for the Canadian Pacific Liner; 'The SS Empress of Britain', which was launched in 1931 by the Prince of Wales, later to be King Edward VIII who renounced his throne to marry Wallis Simpson in 1930.
These armchairs were designed for the 1st class dining room; 'The Salle Jacque Cartier' (see last image) and they were made by H.H. Martyn and Co. Cheltenham. The 1st class dining room was described in the Bulletin of The Decorative Arts Society 1890-1940 as 'In the fully fledge modern restaurant and cinema style of the 1930s'. The Studio in a long article on the liner, discusses and illustrates Brangwyn's Salle Jacques Cartier: 'So architectural it is, so true proportion, so devoid of Extraneous ornament. In contrast to this austerity of line, hue and colour, his great wall paintings are rich in colour; composed in the bold, yet intricate pattern of figure, fruit and flowers that characterizes Mr Brangwyn's decorative works'.
Tragically the liner was sunk in 1940 by a U-boat. Brangwyn also designed marquetry panels for the private dining rooms and they were executed by the Rowley Gallery, he also designed a frieze carved in wood for their gallery façade in 1936.
The armchair has a central under bar below the seat which still has the original bolt and eye to secure the chain to and then to the floor, that would prevent all the chairs from sliding around in stormy weather.
It is lacking ivorene numbered disc which would have sat in the very top of the head rail.
In October 1940 the most famous of the Canadian Pacific Railway liners and flagship of the company's Atlantic Fleet, the Empress of Britain, was attacked and sunk. She was travelling to Glasgow from Suez via South Africa, where she was bombed near the north-west coast of Ireland by a German Focke Wulf Condor plane. When the Condor attacked the Empress of Britain the ship's crew couldn't shoot the plane down and soon the Empress was burning out of control and the Captain C.H. Sapsworth gave the order to abandon ship. 45 people died and the remaining survivors including women and children, were later rescued that day by the British destroyer HMS Echo and the Polish destroyer Burza and 3 British naval trawlers Paynter, Cape Agona and Drangey. The Empress still burning managed to stay afloat and the day after 2 Royal Navy tugs, Marauder and Thames tried to tow her into port with many escort ships around her but in spite of the protection she was given from the escort ships on October 28th, a German U-boat, U-32, managed to get by the escorts un-noticed and torpedoed the crippled Empress. She sank within ten minutes. The Empress of Britain was the largest Allied passenger liner to be sunk and weighing 42,348-tons she was the biggest merchant ship loss of the war. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth had travelled aboard Empress of Britain after their 1939 Royal Tour...
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1930s English Arts and Crafts Vintage United Kingdom - More Furniture and Collectibles
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Oak
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