Furniture

The September 25 Boston Collects sale at the Massachusetts branch of Doyle (28% buyer’s premium) included items deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, for the benefit of its collection.

An 18th century giltwood mirror proved rather more desirable than its £500-800 estimate suggested when it sold for £21,000 at Moore Allen & Innocent (21% buyer’s premium) in Cirencester on September 24.

High footfall and strong sales make for another successful edition of the annual event The Northern Antiques Fair

Oxfordshire gallery turns spotlight not on objects as such for once but on where and how they were kept

Furniture in Ceylonese style shines thanks to ‘tip-top quality’, market freshness and provenance

During a summer walk-through of a home in Prides Crossing, Massachusetts, Frank Kaminski saw something that compelled his attention. Emerging from beneath a pile of boxes and blankets was a highly detailed carved paw foot.

Standholders at the latest Decorative Fair report strong demand for good-quality objects

The Cotswolds Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair welcomes new and returning exhibitors this autumn.

The top of this Regency pollard oak table features 52 oyster-veneered panels of mulberry wood, purportedly from the tree in William Shakespeare’s garden in Stratford-upon-Avon.

A seminal proto-modernist metalwork design by Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) emerged for sale in Edinburgh on October 14.

A group of 18th century English furniture bought at Christie’s in 1992 provided an interesting measure of today’s market when it returned to auction at Spicers (20% buyer’s premium).

Special piece comes from historian’s collection including items linked to the family home in Derbyshire

Making tiled tables was something of a tradition in the Bell family.

‘I try to buy something with a little magic’ says Dutchman who deals in fine English period furniture

Hansord Antiques was founded in 1972 by David Hansord, joined later by his son John. Over the years it has traded from a number of premises including originally in the centre of Lincoln on Castle Hill.

A raft of new and returning dealers have signed up for this autumn’s LAPADA Fair in Berkeley Square from October 27 to November 1.

Collector built friendships all over the world when amassing a record of two centuries of mining equipment

The multi-talented Belgian designer and architect Henry van de Velde spent many of his most productive years in the east German city of Weimar, where he lived and worked from 1899-1917.