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Category Archives: LASSCO Ropewalk
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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“)...
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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...
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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...
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4 August 2014
Salvage Savvy,
Britain’s best-selling Period Homes magazine, Period Living, has a regular section called Salvage Savvy written by Jackie Herald. September’s issue is about boot scrapers. She chose this wonderful Arts and Crafts cast-iron boot scraper from LASSCO Ropewalk. Further information about boot scrapers here: http://www.independent.co.uk/property/house-and-home/rise-and-fall-of-the-bootscraper-2341628.html
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1 August 2014
New at LASSCO Ropewalk
More of the retro Swedish ‘pig lamps’ and half a dozen stonking enamel factory lights from the Czech Republic. The largest couple are 75cm high! All re-wired and tested. More info in the links below. https://www.lassco.co.uk/a-retro-swedish-pig-lamp-grislampa https://www.lassco.co.uk/a-vintage-czech-enamel-factory-light https://www.lassco.co.uk/a-vintage-czech-enamel-factory-light-53374 https://www.lassco.co.uk/a-retro-swedish-pig-lamp-grislampa-53372
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22 July 2014
Coastal modern salvage at LASSCO Ropewalk,
It’s that time of the year again, when we dream of the sea-side and plan to motor to the coast. Other coastal stock includes driftwood at LASSCO Brunswick House as well as a print of one of the great English sea-side towns of the 19th century, Ramsgate.
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27 June 2014
‘Under the Overground’, Ham Station
It’s all going on under the overground! Where Keira Knightley is a fan of the ham! Bar Tozino featured in the recent Arch Rivals article in London’s Evening Standard magazine. Chuse Valero and Zac Fingal at the counter. Open Wednesdays – Sundays. http://www.bartozino.com/ http://www.maltby.st/
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4 June 2014
Get the mono look,
Black and white tiles are classic and timeless, particularly in bathrooms, kitchens & hallways & perennially popular. ”… in my years at LASSCO I have yet to see a decline in demand for them”, Nick Newman, Manager, LASSCO Ropewalk Available to order from LASSCO Ropewalk. (£12 each, one size 20cmx20cmx18mm)