Furniture

An ensemble of modernist rosewood furniture by the designer and architect Pierre Chareau (1883-1950) is to be offered by Valoir Pousse-Cornet auction house.

New York auctioneer remembers Ann and Gordon Getty as the latest lots come to market

Heading Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) January 16 Design sale in Stansted Mountfitchet was a recently rediscovered version of one of the best-known Guild of Handicraft designs.

The impact of Brexit on UK overseas trade has led one auction house to open a saleroom in the Netherlands.

A set of six George III giltwood side chairs made by Thomas Chippendale for Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire sold at Dreweatts on January 31.

Mallams (25% buyer’s premium) got off to an early New Year start with a Country House auction.

North Yorkshire saleroom starts 2024 with 2600 lots offered over two weeks in four auctions

Traditional antiques are very much still in demand, according to reports from dealers at Battersea’s winter Decorative Fair.

A piece of furniture produced for the French king heads back to former repository now open to the public

It was in the hope of saving on the huge sums spent procuring works of art from abroad that Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV’s minister of finance, began inviting craftsmen to work at the Gobelins royal manufactory on the outskirts of Paris.

Latest ceramics sales demonstrate how Martinware demand has moved on beyond Wally Birds

A late 17th century moulded chest with bone inlays is among the offerings from a new exhibitor at this month’s Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative Antiques & Fine Art Fair.

Among the star attractions at the 60-lot evening sale of works from the collection of Hubert Guerrand-Hermès (1940-2016) at Sotheby’s Paris was a carved and regilded Louis XVI chair.

Bonhams’ (28/27% buyer’s premium) latest Old Master sale at its New Bond Street rooms was hard going, with almost half the lots unsold and two-thirds of those that did get away either going on or below their low estimate.

The Komai family of sword makers and armourers were among the many Japanese metalworkers courting a new clientele during the Meiji period (1868-1912).

The Fine & Decorative Interiors sale at The Pedestal (25% buyer’s premium) included a pair of Regency white painted and gilt sofas with a rich provenance.

A recently rediscovered version of one of the best-known Guild of Handicraft designs is up for sale at Sworders.