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4 January 2013
Les Miserables – Revolutionary Gates
If you’re off to the cinema to spend a couple of hours with Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway et al in the new film adaptation of “Les Misérables” – look out for some beautiful wrought iron gates from LASSCO Three Pigeons! These gates have had a wonderful life. We suspect that they started life as altar-gates...
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18 December 2012
Christmas & New Year Opening Hours
At all three LASSCO shops we would like to wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of our customers – past present and future. Please take note of the opening times at our shops which differ from each other. We hope you can pay us a visit over the holiday period....
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13 December 2012
Pop Up at Ropewalk
Maltby Street traders have taken to ‘popping up’ at LASSCO Ropewalk. As mentioned in Mouthwatering’s blog this month. Follow this link: http://mouthwatering.wordpress.com/tag/little-bird-gin/
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20 November 2012
Restoration trade secrets revealed in Country Life
Arabella Youens puts LASSCO first in Country Life’s recommendations for the best salvage yards to go to. This is in the current Restoration/Architecture issue. ”No matter what you need to finish your house, a yard (LASSCO!) will have it”.
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20 November 2012
Dealers’ dossier does the talking in current ATG.
Anna Brady, who writes the dealers’ dossier in the Antiques Trade Gazette (ATG), the Art Market Weekly, includes a piece this week about the series of LASSCO luminaries’ talks. Anna has picked up on how LASSCO, architectural salvage expert, continues to trailblaze. The next talk in the series is this Thursday and is being given by Jennifer Wood, the...
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15 November 2012
Utopia on Thames
With the US Embassy committing to their plans to relocate from Mayfair to Nine Elms – right next door to LASSCO Brunswick House – there has been a rash of reporting on what is to become of the area. Brownfield site clearances and hoardings now line Nine-Elms Lane. “Vauxhall Tower” or “No1 St. George Wharf”...
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13 November 2012
Easy Living at LASSCO
Jennifer Haslam and Portland Mitchell chose from the best interior emporia for an article in December’s Easy Living magazine featuring dazzling decorating ideas. You can find other dining chairs and mirrors at both LASSCO shops. Perhaps you’ll like this English carved giltwood overmantel mirror, pleasantly distressed: /?id=58&tx_evlasscoproductdetail_pi1[uid]=5221 or this steel bistro table and set of 4...
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4 November 2012
Warming press coverage from Elle Decoration & Henley Life
This month’s (December Edition) of ELLE Decoration sees a gratifying LASSCO heads-up in their Fireplace feature: “The hearth of the home” (pp.61-64). “LASSCO: This architectural salvage expert offers Regency, Victorian and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces that will look amazing in contemporary and period homes alike. Although its website is a great guide, it’s no substitute...
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26 October 2012
We’re one of Vogue’s favourite shops outside of London!
To quote: ”LONDON is great for shopping, it really is. But that doesn’t mean that when you step outside the confines of the capital there isn’t anything to whet your sartorial appetite. Far from it. There are lots of hidden gems out there”. Vogue asked all of its favourite fashion contacts to compile the best...
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19 October 2012
Farrow&Ball at LASSCO Three Pigeons
Review: It was Great! Yesterday morning Suzanne Higgins of Farrow & Ball talked to a full house here at LASSCO Three Pigeons with an illustrated presentation that covered aesthetic tricks, designer techniques and current trends as well as some technical aspects of their range of paints and papers. At the end, the questions kept coming...
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18 October 2012
Inside the house of Antoni & Alison
‘Inside the house of Antoni and Alison’ is the front page article of October’s Living South magazine. How lovely to see LASSCO items in such a stylish setting. The famous fashion designers enjoy using reclaimed pieces through out their home and LASSCO Brunswick House is mentioned as the front door was sourced here. You can have a...
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4 October 2012
LASSCO Events
LASSCO Three Pigeons, our Oxfordshire shop, is available as a venue for commercial or private events: please contact Amanda Garrett on 01844 277 189 (amanda@lassco.co.uk) in order to discuss any ideas you have – we would love to hear from you. Whether it is an AGM, a Film Shoot, a Book Launch or a Party we can...