WE ARE ALSO OPEN SUNDAY 29TH MAY
WE ARE ALSO OPEN THIS SUNDAY 29TH MAY 12PM TO 4PM DURING THE LOVE ANTIQUES FAIR AT LINGFIELD RACECOURSE
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EXPRESS YOUR LOVE: SYMBOLISM IN ANTIQUE JEWELLERY
Love and longing have been expressed powerfully across the millennia through the language of art and jewellery. There is a cornucopia of symbols associated with passions of the heart and the stories associated with antique and vintage jewels are especially evocative. In ancient Greece the goddess of love, Aphrodite (in Rome she was called Venus), […]
Liberty: leaders in Arts & Crafts Style
Liberty, the world-famous Regent Street department store, was one of the most important trend-setters of the late 19th and early 20th century. The company was unique in playing a major role in the key artistic movements which spanned five decades from the 1870s to the First World War. Founded by Arthur Lasenby Liberty in […]
Breathtaking Christian Dior Exhibition in Paris
The Christian Dior exhibition in Paris is breathtaking. Staged at Le Galerie Dior next door to the original 30 Avenue Montaigne boutique, it tells the story of Monsieur Dior’s journey through all of the remarkable designers until the present day. One visitor commented “it knocks spots off the London exhibition.” The couture gowns are exquisite. […]
SOLD Ship’s Clock for the Sugar Line Limited in Art Deco style
An Art Deco inspired Ship’s Clock by Henry Browne & Son Limited of Barking and London, also stamped SUGAR LINE LIMITED. Fully checked and working 8 Day Movement. Chrome detailing and handle to the top. Original key. In 1951, Sugar Line Limited was founded as part of the Tate & Lyle, United Molasses Company and […]
VIP CHAMPAGNE CHRISTMAS 9th-11th DECEMBER at THE DESIGN GALLERY EDENBRIDGE
You are welcome to join us for fine Champagne and canapes at The Design Gallery, Starborough Farm, Marsh Green, Edenbridge. Glamorous stock of designer vintage jewellery, Art Deco sculpture and lighting has just arrived. The event takes place on Friday 9th, Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th December from 10am-5pm. We look forward to seeing you, […]
BE DARING, BE BOLD
BE DARING, BE BOLD by Chrissie Masters for THE COUNTY CHRONICLE It was Cecil Beaton, the British photographer who shot the famous wedding pictures of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and went on to design the costumes for My Fair Lady, who said: “Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert […]
THE RISE OF THE COCKTAIL
THE RISE OF THE COCKTAIL by CHRISSIE MASTERS for THE COUNTY CHRONICLE December issue Cocktails are back in style. The total experience of finding inspiration, preparing and imbibing an exotic mixture of ingredients has enthralled generations of pleasure-seekers. While we may associate cocktail drinking with the 1920s aristocrats of Evelyn Waugh’s Vile Bodies, or James Bond’s […]
The Icons of Art Deco – our October article in The County Chronicle
It was back in 1925 that the Paris Exhibition first revealed the energy and optimism associated with Art Deco design. Everything shown by the international exhibitors had to be “modern”, showing little traditional influence, and the writhing, twisting tendrils of its predecessor Art Nouveau were yesterday’s news. From the 1920s through to the 1940s, designers […]
Arts and Crafts Movement in Kent – our September Antiques column in The County Chronicle
The Arts and Crafts Movement, one of the most important influences on global architecture and interior design, established its roots in Kent. William Morris, who is widely considered to be the founding father of the movement, began married life at The Red House in Bexleyheath. Designed by Philip Webb in 1859, this was the first […]