Latest LASSCO News
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31 August 2013
Lamp posts in the Woods
Deep in a beautiful oak wood in Hampshire we’ve just discovered a pile of fabulous Victorian lamp posts. They had been there, undisturbed, for twenty-five years. Laid in rows on steel girders, they had been enveloped somewhat by the rhododendrons. The wood is on a beautiful private estate – the hilly grounds of a picturesque...
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27 August 2013
Bar Tozino, a dream neighbourhood spot
Miranda York has written a glowing review of Bar Tozino, a tapas bar you can find inside one of our arches, on LASSCO Ropewalk. The LASSCO team were on hand to design the interior and supply all the architectural elements used. More of a jamón bodega than a tapas joint, Bar Tozino is the kind of neighbourhood spot...
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16 August 2013
TOAST Cornwall at LASSCO Ropewalk this Sunday!
TOAST Cornwall in London SUNDAY AUGUST 18TH 2013 1PM – 4PM TOAST Cornwall – a dinner and discussion about produce, soil and seasonality. Taking place on Sunday 18th August in LASSCO Ropewalk on Maltby Street, it is a collaboration between TOAST, chef James Lowe, The Good Earth Growers and Natoora. A talk from The Modern...
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13 August 2013
POP-UP PIZZA at THREE PIGEONS
Shh, don’t tell! The Secret Pizza Society is popping-up at LASSCO Three Pigeons to serve thin crust pizzas from a traditional wood fired oven out of its little Piaggio Ape on Thursday evening, 5 September. Save the Date! http://www.secretpizzasociety.co.uk/ This will be the first evening pop-up at LASSCO’s Oxfordshire outpost this Autumn: watch this space for more details.
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30 July 2013
Oh, to be beside the sea,
Ali Bradshaw caught up with some of the marine stock for sale at LASSCO shops in her decorating article,’ Ship Ahoy’, in September’s Period Living magazine. https://www.lassco.co.uk/?id=58&tx_evlasscoproductdetail_pi1[uid]=17970 If you want to ‘get the look’ come to LASSCO where other current Nautical stock includes oars, model barges, propellers, luggage racks, portholes, sculls and ocean liner...
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21 July 2013
A Brolly Good Summer
H & A chose vintage parasols as August’s Antique of the Month. However, at the time of posting this piece only one remains in stock (£40) at LASSCO Ropewalk….
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16 July 2013
LASSCO lights up World of Interiors,
Max Egger leads World of Interior readers up the garden path in the August issue. His outdoor lighting feature ‘ Let it glow’ includes a number of lights available at LASSCO shops. No 4 https://www.lassco.co.uk/?id=58&tx_evlasscoproductdetail_pi1[uid]=11148 No 5 https://www.lassco.co.uk/?id=58&tx_evlasscoproductdetail_pi1[uid]=2081
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15 July 2013
‘A genteel old lady fallen in with a crowd of big boys’
Brunswick House is soon to be neighbour to twin skyscrapers. Once the most imposing building in Georgian Vauxhall, the LASSCO mansion is dwarfed in this computer generated image by the Chinese owned 5star hotel and apartment buildings, One Nine Elms. For more information please follow these links: http://www.onenineelms.com/ http://www.wanda.cn/English/group/news/21919.shtml ” ‘A cracking deal’ says Boris –...
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11 July 2013
George Powell – has reached the Pearly Gates and may have done a deal.
George Powell, 22nd February 1958 – 26th June 2013 A sad loss to the London Architectural Salvage trade. George Powell was one half of an institution of the London Antiques Trade – ‘George ‘n Billy’. In a tribute given at George’s funeral, that distinguished member of the Trade, Nigel Bartlett, confessed to first hearing...
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28 June 2013
A Review of The LASSCO Auction – and a short film
What a day it was! We certainly shifted vast quantities of stock on the first ever LASSCO auction. We were very happy with the event that saw some impressive prices on some lots. Some surpassed our erstwhile retail prices. Others were snapped up for a song. We were thrilled to see delighted buyers, including many...
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27 June 2013
A Beautiful Press Party at Brunswick House
This week, Brunswick House hosted a summer press party for skincare experts Balance Me. The Saloon Room was beautified for this special occasion! A great night was had by all. Read all about it here: https://www.balanceme.co.uk/blog/article/balance-mes-summer-press-party/ Venue hire at Brunswick House – contact Jo Auger events@lassco.co.uk