Category Archives: LASSCO News
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24 September 2019
Brunswick House ‘Wedding Open Evening’ Preview: Floristry
Location: LASSCO Brunswick House, Wandsworth Road, London, SW8 2LG Date: 15/10/19 Time: 6pm – 8pm Contact: Jo Auger, 0207 501 7775 We know that a huge part of any wedding is the floristry. It causes excitement and nerves in equal amounts. The colour combinations, bouquet, arrangement, volume and budget are all factors to consider...
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21 September 2019
Wrap Up: ‘Phantasms’ for LASSCO LDF 2019
As the final day of Phantasms draws to a close we spare a thought for those of you who missed their chance to view the exhibition curated by Charlotte Kingsnorth at Brunswick House this week, as part of the London Design Festival 2019.
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19 September 2019
LASSCO Ropewalk End-Of-Summer Clearance Sale
Over the past year LASSCO Ropewalk has been accruing a wide variety of reclaimed, mid-century and industrial pieces. Stock turnover has been high but in the antiques trade the Summer is a restful period for many dealers – now the lull is behind us we are keen to clear the decks and refresh our stock...
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18 September 2019
Specialists Pick: Elegant Halls of Residence Essentials
Young people seem intent on documenting every element of their lives; For that reason in 2019 your average student halls of residence looks less like the set of The Young Ones and more like a ‘Instagram-able’ mid century film scene. Our specialists reflect on simple, functional statement pieces that can elevate any contemporary dorm room....
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13 September 2019
Wedding Open Evening at Brunswick House
Reimagine your wedding in the unparalleled elegance of Vauxhall’s sole surviving Georgian mansion.
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22 August 2019
Hidden Stock: Top 3 Most Dazzling Cut Glass Chandeliers
With such a vast expanse of highly decorated chandeliers – each one with its own teardrops and scrolled arms, glass pendants, moulded and cut glass droplets – it can be a trial to pin point the correct one for your home. In an effort to make things easier our specialists have picked their Top 3....
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13 August 2019
Hidden Stock: Top 5 Most Arresting Print Collections
With so many long and diverse runs of immediately eye catching prints in stock it can be difficult, at times, to pinpoint the most appropriate and cohesive collections for your home. We’ve cut through our entire inventory to bring you our Top 5 Staff Picks.
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5 August 2019
Ropewalk Concessions: The Bronze Age With Mark Lewis
Ropewalk Concessions From mid July LASSCO Ropewalk will begin to introduce a range of carefully selected pop-ups to our arch, No. 37 Maltby Street. The concessions will focus on a slower, more sustainable approach to retail in which the focus is quality, use of materials and Made In England where-ever possible. All created to last...
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1 August 2019
Specialists Pick: The Finest Regency Chimneypieces
Specialists Pick Occasionally our specialists will be asked to recommend to our customers the best of the best, from timber cladding to fine silver. Design and Decoration expert, Chris Martin highlights his personal preference when it comes to the architectural element that can be found at the centre of some of the grandest rooms in Great...
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8 July 2019
Specialist’s Pick: The Widest, Oldest Wooden Boards
Specialists Pick Occasionally our specialists will be asked to recommend to our customers the best of the best, from timber cladding to fine silver. Wood expert, Harry Amos highlights his personal preference when it comes to variance within the most sought after flooring material in Great Britain: Wide, antique timber. Georgian Pine Harry Amos reflects...
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12 June 2019
A Glorious Revolution: The Wheelergate Ceiling
In 1998 “Salvo News”, the trade newspaper for the Architectural Salvage trade, ran a small piece detailing the plight of a very old chopped-up plaster ceiling – stacked in the stables of a house in Derbyshire. Peter Hone, these days LASSCO’s consultant Plaster Caster, who has never been able to resist any such opportunity, leapt...
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13 May 2019
The Vauxhall Grand Regatta
As so often here at Brunswick House, an upcoming event of ineffable modernity reminds us of things past – usually more decorous.