Articles by David Harvey

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 Upholsterer’s Guide”.  The description of this extremely complex metamorphic table is a starting point for a voyage of...

That is the question and I believe the evidence is all there. When I first acquired this extraordinary Secretaire Reading Table, it felt familiar. Over the past 45 years that I have been in this business I have handled a number of pieces stamped by Gillows or...

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 association like LAPADA, CADA or BADA. They will have needed to prove to the boards of these associations not only that...

Whilst celebrating the 300th. anniversary of Thomas Chippendale’s birth I am reminded that one of the first exhibitions I ever mounted was to celebrate the 200th. anniversary of his death. Since then we have increased the knowledge available about Chippendale many...