Category Archives: News
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20 August 2019
Ropewalk Concessions: Learn to Labour and Wait
LASSCO Ropewalk has begun 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 a lifetime or more. ...
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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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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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24 June 2019
Runners Report: Lost Everyman House Cladding Recovered
Wavy, pink, white brass A LASSCO architectural salvage runner has revealed to us that he has in his possession a shining example of London’s Modernist past that was believed to be lost over a decade ago. The complete facade, excluding Swedish Black granite, made up Gainsborough and Everyman House. The reclaimed material in question...
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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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11 June 2019
SALON WEDNESDAY’S, 12th JUNE: Decorative Plasterwork, Yesterday and Today
Join Simon Willcox of Locker & Riley as they analyse the detailed work that goes into this historic architectural practise. Decorative Plasterwork – Yesterday and Today.
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22 May 2019
Spring Bank Holiday Monday
Monday the 27th of May is Spring Bank Holiday in the UK. Our opening hours are as follows: LASSCO Three Pigeons – Oxfordshire Saturday 25th May: Open as usual 9am to 5pm Sunday 26th May: Closed as usual Bank Holiday Monday 27th May: Closed LASSCO Brunswick House – Vauxhall Saturday 25th...
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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.
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10 May 2019
SALON WEDNESDAYS, 15TH MAY: Illuminate the past
Credit: Richard Cave Harry Triggs andAndrew Molyneux of TM Lighting: Modern Lighting Techniques in Heritage Settings
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5 April 2019
Revolutionary Re-Used Tiles
First seen at Venice Biennale 2018 Barely four years ago architectural collective Assemble scooped the Turner prize by blurring the boundaries between Art and Architecture. In that time they have developed a cohesive style and output defined by reuse, experimentation and a fresh take on conventional manufacturing practices that has resulted in radical new...
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22 March 2019
Marbled Opulence at Every Price Point
Marble has long been synonymous with opulent interiors however incorporating antique marble into your home needn’t break the bank.