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Antiques & Design.
London showroom open by appointment.
By Father Roy & Son @_edmorris

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A delightful diminutive 19th century (English, not Welsh for once!) “cheese” top cricket table. Double single plank thick oak tops over three turned elm legs. Sold via our newsletter! by @1923antiques

A beautiful three arm ceiling / pendant light / electrolier with fluted moonstone shades. Now sold! by @1923antiques

A rare narrow loom Welsh blanket from the late 19th / early 20th century by Lewis Jones of Lampeter.

Early Mills couldn’t produce wide blankets so two blankets were created and stitched together on a narrow loom to create one bigger blanket.

Excellent true Welsh colours, still as vivid as ever.

Now sold! by @1923antiques

A large faux tortoiseshell ripple framed mirror with the most beautiful foxed mirror plate. by @1923antiques

New Arrival: An exceptional Scottish “Darvel” Windsor chair from the 19th century. For an almost identical example see the second image. The photograph taken in the kitchen of Mumrills Farm in 1968 as shown in Bernard Cottons book “Scottish Vernacular Funirture”.

One of our favourite finds for a while! by @1923antiques

New arrival. An exceptional Howard & Sons Bridgewater armchair. Recently re-upholstered to the highest of standards. English, early 20th century. by @1923antiques

A huge, beautiful and carefully crafted Aesthetic movement chest of drawers from London makers Maple & Co.

Maple & Co. were one of the great names in British furniture and interior decoration, with a history stretching back to 1841. The firm grew from a London furnishing business into a vast operation incorporating cabinet-making, upholstery, timber importing and interior decoration, with showrooms and workshops on Tottenham Court Road.

Their prestigious commissions included the furnishing of White Lodge in Richmond Park in 1870, which was then the home of Francis, Prince of Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide.

Today, our own shop is just a short distance from Richmond Park, making this connection particularly fitting — a piece made by the same celebrated London firm that furnished one of the Park’s most important historic residences.

This detail is even more special as our shop was originally a chemist. Queen Victoria used to stop at Mortlake Station (opposite our shop) and was then transported to Richmond Park by horse and carriage. Her porters using the mirror on the outside of our shop to adjust their suits. The whole shops original internal contents are now housed inside one of the lodges in Richmond Park, only available for public viewing on one day every two years.

Full details & measurements available on our website, 1923antiques.com by @1923antiques

A gorgeous rare early 20th century muted duck egg blue & pink coloured double sided reversible Welsh double weave woollen blanket. Caernarfon / Portcullis pattern.

Now sold. by @1923antiques

An exceptional and rare highly individual writing desk by Sidney Howard Barnsley (1865–1926), one of the foremost makers of the Cotswold School and a central figure in the British Arts & Crafts movement.

Executed in 1909 as a bespoke commission, this remarkable desk is constructed in richly figured walnut, distinguished by an extensive scheme of geometric chequered inlay and an elegant, architectural form.

A gift from a wealthy family to their son for his 21st birthday present, who attended Cambridge university and moved in the same circles as the arts & crafts pioneers of the time.

Measuring: 75cm high x 135cm wide x 71cm deep.

Full details can be viewed on our website 1923antiques.com

With thanks to researchers at @cambridgeuniversity for their assistance in confirming provenance. by @1923antiques

Beautifully restrained & oh so perfectly designed. If you had to ask us why we love the arts & crafts period so much this sort of piece plays a very good role of how we’d sum it up. In our opinion, one of the most beautiful settles we’ve ever seen, never mind owned. by @1923antiques

Hand forged bronze and glass from the genius craftsmanship of Lothar Klute is displayed throughout this glorious German piece of brutalist work.

Sold. by @1923antiques

Tomorrow the doors to the @decorativefair open at 12 and you’ll find us stand E08. We can’t wait to get started! by @1923antiques