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Category Archives: LASSCO Ropewalk

  • 26 January 2015

    The Gin Craze,

    In keeping with the current gin craze LASSCO has just taken delivery of over 200 sq m of wide reclaimed pine from a Scottish gin distillery. More sobering but no less exciting newly arrived stock is this Pitch Pine Strip, reclaimed from a school in Hertfordshire with an amazing natural patina. Ready to be laid, (does not...

  • 9 January 2015

    Shining the Way: Top three vintage lighting styles

      1. Opaline Pendant Lights  French chateau featuring antique oak table, distressed leather sofa (via French By Design) Opaline pendants available here Dimly lit Opaline Pendants illuminated Parisian cafes and bistros at the turn of the century. And the soft, ambient light they produce is still sought after in the homes of modern romantics. Our comprehensive...

  • 5 January 2015

    Textiles at Ropewalk,

      Our textile department  has grown like topsy since its inception last year.   The list of stock now extends to include not just the curtains, lace panels, cushions, braid, trimmings, cushions including floor ones made from coffee sacks but apparel including smocks & military onesies from Chelsea Hospital, table linen, pelmets, tassels & baskets……As well as the...

  • 1 December 2014

    Gift ideas from LASSCO Ropewalk,

    If you’re stuck for gift ideas this month head on down to our Bermondsey shop which is brimming with all sorts of possibilities,  from the curious to the traditional. Both salvaged and new.   From rucksacks like no others, the first in a range designed by London based designer Grace Berrow, to a Barn star or a 24 carat gold...

  • 19 November 2014

    LASSCO at The Ashmolean and The V&A

      LASSCO helps re-build William Blake’s printing press at The Ashmolean… Watch out for “William Blake, Apprentice and Master” a landmark exhibition that is about to open at The Ashmolean, Oxford. At LASSCO Three Pigeons we were delighted to work with guest curator Dr Michael Phillips in helping him source characterful and tough English oak...

  • 13 November 2014

    Where did the time go?

    New Covent Garden Market celebrates its 40th anniversary this week.  LASSCO Brunswick House, less than a stone’s throw away,  sends congratulations. Just like LASSCO Brunswick House the Market sees different things going on every week, photographic shoots, concerts, wine tastings. Nine Elms continues to see it all! If you want a piece of related market paraphernalia...

  • 7 November 2014

    Quilts, craft or art?

    We spend a third of our lives asleep so it’s understandable that quilts are usually associated with beds. But are they just pieces of craft work to sleep under or pieces of art to hang on our walls? Today many link the act of stitching together layers of fabric in patterns to make a type of blanket with southern...

  • 4 November 2014

    A French metal butcher’s apron,

    French metal butcher’s apron made from small rounded rectangular aluminum plates that are connected by stainless steel rings, which gives the apron flexibility; adjustable canvas shoulder and waist straps. Stamped Ultra Lamex.  Just delivered to LASSCO Ropewalk.  Only one, only £220 82cm (32¼“) x  57cm (22½“) Other related modern vintage stock for carniscenti  available from LASSCO includes a selection of Butchers...

  • 10 October 2014

    Tom Kerridge and LASSCO Ropewalk,

      Hurry on along to our Bermondsey shop to get these meat posters before Tom Kerridge and his team do!   You can see  others he’s sourced from LASSCO Ropewalk at his pub in Marlow, The Hand & Flowers. The only pub in the UK to have two Michelin stars.  These 1960s posters which are framed and ready to hang,...

  • 15 September 2014

    Just wheeled in at LASSCO Ropewalk,

    1920s steel medical cabinet. By James Woolley Sons & Co. Ltd, Manchester. Comes with three glass internal shelves, a working door lock and key, and nickel plated fittings. Original paint. It’s rare to find these not stripped and burnished these days so we don’t expect this one to be with us long…. Dimensions: 164cm (64½“)...

  • 1 September 2014

    History, texture, interest…..timber cladding from LASSCO Ropewalk,

      Timber cladding (also referred to as wall boarding & wall cladding ) is seen repeatedly worldwide on both residential and commercial buildings of all shapes and sizes and design aesthetics. Some are rustic, some are planed to within an inch of their life and are very precise and contemporary. But timber cladding does not have to...

  • 8 August 2014

    Stepney Way Beam Pine,

    Stepney Way Beam Pine is  LASSCO shorthand for remilled Principal Joists salvaged from mid 19th Century London commercial buildings. Our first batch came from Stepney Way in the eponymous East End parish. These were large cross section timbers resawn in our sawmills to yield superb and characterful wide boards.  The vast majority of pine used in...