02 December 2015
Classic goes with classic!
One of our sideboards dating from the early 1900s, now in a lovely home surrounded by original artworks and classic modern furniture from the 50s and 60s. A great combination!
23 October 2015
Antique Bench
Beautiful elm bench seat in the east-meet-west style made 100 years ago in Shanghai, combining traditional carved features on the legs, with western turned vertical support on the back.
(model: Karen Green)
27 February 2015
21 February 2015
14 July 2012
Beautiful storage for your modern home
If you have a contemporary home you might be struggling to make your living spaces feel cosy and personal. A great solution is to complement your modern décor and furniture with one or two antique or restored pieces.
Quality pieces add character to contemporary interiors through their beauty, history and personality.
Old wood develops gorgeous textures, sensuous to touch.
Old lacquered pieces have a fantastic richness that you just can’t recreate. Even our painted pieces look very comfortable in contemporary spaces – and give you ‘art’ and ‘furniture’ in one package!
Quality pieces add character to contemporary interiors through their beauty, history and personality.
Old wood develops gorgeous textures, sensuous to touch.
Old lacquered pieces have a fantastic richness that you just can’t recreate. Even our painted pieces look very comfortable in contemporary spaces – and give you ‘art’ and ‘furniture’ in one package!
08 May 2012
Our Workshop
We partner with a workshop in China where a dedicated team of craftsmen and women take exquisite old furniture which has seen better days, and painstakingly bring it back to life. The highly skilled workers specialise in the different trades within furniture making and restoration, meaning we can also commission bespoke pieces for our customers. Read more here.
16 February 2012
Porcelain
Most of our porcelain items are museum copies of classic Chinese imperial court pieces - vases, jars, pots, large platters and large bowls. Beautiful, functional, and (if you’re a goldfish) quite comfortable to live in!
Hou
19 January 2012
Unique coffee table with decorative panels
This very special coffee table was converted from an early 1800s carved bed from Ningxia. We stumbled across a rare (and small) stockpile of these old beds some time ago, and snapped them up to produce a very limited range of new designs. This coffee table is the last remaining piece.
All the handcarving is original, with a different design on each panel. The reverse side has the (original) handcarved frames, with new plain doors. Everything has been lovingly finished by our craftspeople, creating a stunning coffee table with a real story to tell. (And plenty of room to hide your own stories inside!)
All the handcarving is original, with a different design on each panel. The reverse side has the (original) handcarved frames, with new plain doors. Everything has been lovingly finished by our craftspeople, creating a stunning coffee table with a real story to tell. (And plenty of room to hide your own stories inside!)
Hou
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