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Reclaimed 6.5″ Victorian Baltic pine floorboards (9sq m ex Waterloo )
Reclaimed 6.5″ Victorian Baltic pine floorboards (9sq m ex Waterloo )
Good grain, square edge boards, Condition: silver/grey patina, pleasantly worn with dints, chips and gouges commersurate with age and use – thicker boards these: robust at approximately 25mm thick. -
Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris by John Parkinson (1567-1650)
Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris by John Parkinson (1567-1650)
John Parkinson, born c1566, started his working life in medicine, beginning his apprenticeship to a London apothecary. He went on to become one of the most respected apothecaries in Britain. He was elected junior warden of the Society of Apothecaries in August 1620 but at the beginning of 1622, he asked for, and was granted, permission to give up his duties in the Society and then concentrated on his garden in London’s Long Acre. Here he started researching and writing his first book: Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris, and maintained close relations with other important English and Continental botanists, herbalists and plantsmen. -
Fireside figure by Bertil Sjöberg
Fireside figure by Bertil Sjöberg
Bertil Sjöberg (1914-1999) His father was Swedish and his mother Austrian. He attended schools in Sweden, Belgium, Austria and later settled in Copenhagen and on Bornholm after marrying a Dane. From 1955-1975, he lived with his family in Spain. -
Fabric covered waste-paper basket
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Large Chinese verdigris bronze planters
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1950s lamp by Christian Dell for Kaiser Idell
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A late nineteenth century wrought and cast-iron fire grate,
A late nineteenth century wrought and cast-iron fire grate,
the wrought three bar basket with urn finials, the cast back-plate with raised fanlight design a later association- with holes for previous fixings- but of similar period, -
French Bardiglio Pompadour chimneypiece,
French Bardiglio Pompadour chimneypiece,
the shaped shelf above panelled frieze centred by cabochon, with volute jambs. -
Woodcuts by Eric Fitch Dalglish
Woodcuts by Eric Fitch Dalglish
Eric Fitch Dalglish was a wood-engraver, painter, draughtsman, author, illustrator and naturalist. Born in London, he studied at university both in London and Bonn, Germany and after WWI was taught engraving by Paul Nash. He exhibited at the Redfern Gallery, with the Society of Wood Engravers, of which he was a member, and the New English Art Club. Examples of his work are held by the British Museum, V&A Museum, Manchester City Art Gallery, and British Council Collection. -
Woodcuts by Eric Fitch Dalglish
Woodcuts by Eric Fitch Dalglish
Eric Fitch Dalglish was a wood-engraver, painter, draughtsman, author, illustrator and naturalist. Born in London, he studied at university both in London and Bonn, Germany and after WWI was taught engraving by Paul Nash. He exhibited at the Redfern Gallery, with the Society of Wood Engravers, of which he was a member, and the New English Art Club. Examples of his work are held by the British Museum, V&A Museum, Manchester City Art Gallery, and British Council Collection. -
Regency yew wood occasional table,
Regency yew wood occasional table,
the checkerboard top crossbanded with coromandel, the turned column stem with shaped tripod base with further coromandel embellishment, terminating in ball feet. -
A pair of late Victorian wrought iron driveway gates
A pair of late Victorian wrought iron driveway gates
the rectangular pair of hoop-top gates, the top-rail swept upwards at the hinge, braced with diagonals,