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If you are sitting comfortably then I will begin. The chair shown above is a fine example executed in walnut with a cane panel to the seat and back....

The chest of drawers as an item of furniture has a very special place in most peoples’ hearts. Indeed, generations have been raised using the...

This is an article I recently wrote for a magazine entitled 'Waxing Lyrical." Simply click on the link and download the PDF for your viewing...

As is so often the case with Antique Furniture, the first time a dealer sets eyes on a piece bells start ringing. When I first saw this  Pair of...

I wrote an article some 5 years ago about Thomas Pistor and three 17th Century Kingswood pieces that were possibly made by him.   David Harvey...

  About a year ago I was in the Lake District looking at a Mahogany Longcase Clock which had caught my attention. It was in something of a sorry...

This table has been the subject of TV programmes and books as well as being featured in George Hepplewhite’s book of designs “The Cabinetmaker and...

That is the question and I believe the evidence is all there. When I first acquired this extraordinary Secretaire Reading Table, it felt familiar....

During March 2019, We held a unique Library Exhibition, here at our galleries in Witney. We produced a catalogue that accompanied the unique and...

1) When you are looking at a piece of antique furniture and thinking of buying it, get to know your dealer. Are they a member of an accredited trade...

Whilst celebrating the 300th. anniversary of Thomas Chippendale’s birth I am reminded that one of the first exhibitions I ever mounted was to...

Some months ago I acquired a very tired looking Mahogany Library Cabinet which had been used during it’s lifetime and had seemingly landed on hard...