Antiques Services
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& Auctions Worldwide
Directory of Antique Fairs
Organisers Worldwide
Directory of Specialist Services
Directory of Related Courses
Second hand books
Recommended Suppliers
Here are some Antiques Dealers that I can recommend. To be
added to this list please email for details mark@achome.co.uk
A great source of Arts and Crafts furniture and metalwork
can be found at the Millinery Works in London. Visit on line
at www.millineryworks.co.uk
Peter Hoare of Tunbridge Wells is a good source of interesting
Art & Crafts furnishings and design. Visit his website
at www.phantiques.co.uk
I can recommend a dealer, Salah, who specialises in all aspects
of the Decorative Arts. Visit his site at www.hillhouse-antiques.co.uk
One of the best sources of original Arts and Crafts fabrics
is the lovely Meg Andrews. Visit her site at www.meg-andrews.com
One of the finest galleries offering Pre-Raphaelite paintings,
drawing and prints can be found at www.maasgallery.com
The premier gallery offering a unique combination of 19th
Century furniture, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, metalware
and fabrics can be found at www.faslondon.com
For a selection of nice Arts and Crafts items visit Vincent
Duffy in Nottingham at www.retroart.co.uk
We can recommend The Architecture Bookshop for an ever-changing
selection of rare and secondhand books related to the Arts
and Crafts movement. www.architecturebookshop.co.uk
In addition, I can also recommend another specialist
businesses who hold interesting stock of architect designed
furniture and arts and crafts items.Their stock can be viewed
on www.thecountryseat.com
Dealers Liam and Matt with whom I've been dealing with for
a total of 25 years have a complete site. They hold a large
stock of arts and crafts furniture and furnishings and can
be contacted at www.artfurniture.co.uk
The world's leading dealer in the finest objects of the Arts
and Crafts Movement now has a website. His name is Paul Reeves
and his site can be found at www.paulreeveslondon.com
We can suggest that you visit a company based in Los Angeles,
USA. www.circa1910antiques.com.
We have links with a specialist in ceramics and glass of
the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
They are called Adantiques and they can be found on www.adantiques.com
For original books and Arts and Crafts literature visit www.janetteray.co.uk
One of the largest stockists of original arts and crafts
furnishings is Tony Geering who can be found at the Dome in
Southwold, Suffolk. His web address is www.puritanvalues.com
For a look further into the twentieth century, an old colleague
of mine, Christian, has a lovely site with many post war and
mid century antiques. These can be viewed on www.20thcentury-decorative-arts.co.uk
An American gallery with lovely paintings and arts and crafts
furniture is worth a visit at www.thomasreynolds.com
If you are planning a trip to the UK and need some guidance
as to a schedule, transport, packing and shipping, we can
assist you by providing and organizing your trip to include
travel within the UK, accommodation and appointments with
various dealers. Please contact us for further details.
SOME FREE ANTIQUE SERVICES
1 Auction Alert: As specialist subscribers to major auction
search engines we are aware of most Arts and Crafts antiques
as and when they appear for sale. We are happy to extend this
as a courtesy service to our clients to aid their search for
articles appearing at auction. FREE OF CHARGE.
2 Antique finding: By informing us of your particular requirements
we can forward your information to our antique suppliers database,
who will be pleased to inform you when the desired object
appears. FREE OF CHARGE.
3 Restoration: Should your Arts and Crafts antique require
restoration we are happy to assist, whether the material is
furniture, fabric, ceramics or metalware. We can forward your
information to the relevant restorer. FREE OF CHARGE.
4 Post your ‘Wants’: If you provide us with your ‘wants list’
and contact details we shall publish your details on the antiques
page of the website and dealers can contact you and forward
their details. FREE OF CHARGE.
5 Advertise your items for sale: If you have any Arts and
Crafts antiques for sale, we are happy to publish your items
on the website. FREE OF CHARGE.
6 Small ads: We are happy to publish your services and requirements
both offered and sought as part of our small ad service. FREE
OF CHARGE.
7 Information sought and advice offered: Should you have
any wish to seek or assist those seeking information concerning
the Arts and Crafts movement, we are happy to publish your
information. FREE OF CHARGE.
8 Listing as supplier: We are happy to include any supplier
of Arts and Crafts antiques a listing with hotlink to your
site. FREE OF CHARGE.
9 Arts and Crafts Home wish to buy: We are keen to buy superior
items in all categories from the Arts and Crafts Movement,
Aesthetic Movement and Gothic Revival periods.
10 Courier service: We can advise upon and/or organise a
buying trip around the UK, with emphasis on locating British
Arts and Crafts antiques.
11 Packing, shipping and insurance: Following a buying trip
we are happy to organise and arrange the entire shipping procedure
from door to door.
NOTE: We reserve the right to veto any information offered
for publication. This is merely in the interest of quality
control.
DIRECTORY OF ASSOCIATED
SERVICES
Antiques Trade Gazette www.antiquestradegazette.com
Art Loss Register www.artloss.com
Art Sales Index www.art-sales-index.com
The Association of British Picture Restorers www.abpr.co.uk
British Horological Institute www.bhi.co.uk
Council for the Protection of Art Theft www.copat.co.uk
Historical Manuscripts Commission www.hmc.gov.uk
Institute of Paper Conservation www.ipc.org.uk
National Approval Council for Security Systems www.nacoss.org
The National Art Collections Fund www.artfund.org
The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries www.resource.gov.uk
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors www.rics.org
Royal School of Needlework www.royal-needlework.co.uk
The Textile Conservation Centre www.wsa.soton.ac.uk/framesettcc.htm
The Textile Institute www.texi.org
DIRECTORY OF AUCTIONEERS
& AUCTIONS WORLDWIDE
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DIRECTORY OF ANTIQUE
FAIR ORGANISERS
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DIRECTORY OF SPECIALIST
SERVICES
Chinasearch www.chinasearch.uk.com
Curved Glass mcardiff@showmarket.co.uk
Curved Glass and Mirrors Bowden@keme.co.uk
Davies Turner Worldwide Movers www.daviesturner.co.uk
Display Stands www.avnet.co.uk/arcade-arts
Fonts www.p22.com
Glass Liners www.fwaldridgeglass.com
Hand Printed Books www.oldstilepress.com
Hedleys Humpers Shipping www.hedleyshumpers.com
Leather Inlays www.antiqueleathers.com
Lock and Key Restoration www.oldlockandkeyco.co.uk
Table Top Leathers www.regencyleathers.co.uk
The Rug Restoration Studio www.therugstudio.co.uk
Protective Packaging www.richardturvey.com
Radiator Restoration www.oldradiatorcompany.co.uk
Recruitment & Training www.drummondread.com
Veneers and Mouldings t.paul@chello.nl
Wireless and Radio Repair www.wirelessworks.co.uk
DIRECTORY OF RELATED COURSES
Ceramic Restoration www.chinarestorationcourse.co.uk
Fine Arts and Antiques www.solent.ac.uk
Furniture Restoration www.paragoncourses.co.uk
Porcelain and Pottery Restoration Mowbraycourses@cs.com
Second hand books
Here is a list of our available second-hand books. It's a
long list, so scroll down!
AESTHETIC MOVEMENT
Aubrey Beardsley
Brian Reade
Studio Vista
1967
ISBN 0282 27890 2
Code ae6 1/3
Description; Lovely book with many illustrations of the mans
work and interesting accompanying text. pp 372
Price £30.00
R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2
Randolph Caldecott
Geo Routledge & Sons
Code ae 7 3/5
Description: Illustrated children's book with four illustrated
nursery rhymes illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. Inscribed
by Sir Robert Lorimer Xmas 1894
Price £50.00
Lob Lie-By-The-Fire or The Luck of Lingborough
Juliana Horatio Ewing
SPCK
Code ae8 1/2
Description; Illustrated book with children's theme, illustrated
by Randolph Caldecott and inscribed from the library of Sir
Robert Lorimer Xmas 1885
Price £20.00
Daddy Darwin's Dovecot
Juliana Horatio Ewing
SPCK
Code ae8 1/2
Description: Children's book illustrated by Randolph Caldecott
and inscribed for the library of Sir Robert Lorimer.
Price £20.00
Aubrey Beardsley Sixty Selected Drawings
Academy Editions
St. Martin's Press
1972
Code ae4 4/1
Description; Interesting book with lots of Beardsley's illustrations.
pp 60
Price £12.00
Beardsley's Illustrations for Le Morte D'Arthur
Arranged by Edmund V. Gillon, Jn.
Dover Publications
1972
ISBN 0486 223485
Code ae3 4/15
Description; Fantastic book with 580 illustrations of Beardsley's
work. pp 171
Price £15.00
James McNeill Whistler
Hilary Taylor
New Orchard Editions
1989
ISBN 1 85079 142 2
Code ae 5 9/2
Description; Lovely book with many colour and black and white
illustrations of the life and work of Whistler. pp 192
Price £20.00
The Aesthetic Adventure
William Gaunt
Jonathan Cape Ltd
1945
Code ae1 4/8
Description; Classic book detailing the background to the
Aesthetic Movement. Some black and white illustrations. 234pp
Price £8.00
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Oscar Wilde
The Journeyman Press
1978
ISBN 0 904526 26 7
Code ae2 4/9
Description; Reprint of the classic tale of Wilde's time in
prison. Many black and white linocut prints. pp 56
Price £9.00
Mrs. Mundi at Home
Walter Crane
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