Latest LASSCO News
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27 May 2014
Feita em Londres
Although the fabric has travelled many miles, from as far as Brazil and Columbia, these Hessian Floor Cushions are made right here in the heart of Bermondsey, Central London. Both in stock and made to order. Buy Coffee Sack Floor Cushions Here
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25 May 2014
Illuminate and Scent
With a Royal Warrant, Price’s Candle Works was originally our neighbour at Brunswick House. Their traditional candles are an elegant and practical addition to the home. Shop Candles Here
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20 May 2014
The Three Pigeons, Past, Present, Future
“For perhaps two hundred years The Three Pigeons at Milton Common, the old coaching inn that is now the LASSCO country HQ, has enjoyed two gables. Now Oxfordshire Council have agreed to a ‘Third Pigeon’! The old pub is to be expanded to provide a ballroom, a parlour, a dining saloon, new kitchens and...
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12 May 2014
Beginners Video Guide To: LASSCO Ropewalk
Our neighbours Square Group kindly took the time to put together a brief guide to LASSCO Ropewalk. So, for the uninitiated, here’s a glimpse of what you can expect.
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9 May 2014
Developments at Brunswick House
Brunswick House – Proposed Development: Tell us what you think. LASSCO, in collaboration with Murray John Architects, have recently submitted a planning application for alterations to the front of Brunswick House. We would like to invite all our customers, friends, local residents and anyone interested to attend a public consultation to view and comment on the proposals....
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9 May 2014
LASSCO Workshop: V&A Teak Table
Recently commissioned by a well known Wapping connoisseur and made at our Bermondsey workshop this dining table has been constructed from Burmese Teak Wood Block Parquet salvaged from the old ceramics room in the Victoria & Albert Museum. The dread word ‘up-cycled’ suggests a modish trend but LASSCO and it predecessor firm, Geo. Amos & Sons have been recycling timber...
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8 May 2014
Reclaimed Greenheart Guitar
Mario Morgante makes Electric Guitars. Like all stringed instruments a guitar relies on the most stable of materials being used in its construction. Mario has trawled through the LASSCO stock and found some superb greenheart to make the neck of his most recent creation – starting life as the deck of the Woolwich Ferry this...
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2 May 2014
Early May Bank Holiday Opening Times
LASSCO Three Pigeons is open as normal this Monday. LASSCO Brunswick House will be open from 11am until normal closing at 5pm whilst LASSCO Ropewalk will remain shut. We hope you all enjoy this national holiday whatever you are doing!
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8 April 2014
Why salvage is the loft-living hipsters’ choice,
Joan Porter quotes Adrian Amos in a recent Antiques Trade Gazette article about how salvage is no longer a leftfield look,
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7 April 2014
Easter Weekend Opening Hours
The Three LASSCO shops are adopting differing opening hours this weekend – so you should be able to get your fix of LASSCO at one of them throughout Easter – but please check the opening times below: LASSCO Three Pigeons in Oxfordshire: Good Friday: Closed but with Limited Viewing available (the Restaurant will be Open) Easter...
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31 March 2014
How a lemon tart can change your life….
A year ago, Poppy Smadja ate the lemon tart that changed her life. It was a tarte au citron, made by cult Parisian chocolatier Jacques Genin. Simple yet perfect, it convinced Poppy – already ‘besotted’ with patisserie after three years in Paris – this was her calling. With the help of her French-trained twin...
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28 March 2014
Own the runway!
Making an entrance this week – this steel rod and wooden ball ”runway” installation. Created by Kite and Laslett for Emilio de la Morena’s Autumn / Winter Collection (AW2014) for London Fashion Week. It can be seen as originally installed at LASSCO Three Pigeons. More details here: https://www.lassco.co.uk/a-steel-rod-and-wooden-ball-runway-installation/ For something more traditional LASSCO Ropewalk has a large...