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Marriage chests, also known as wedding chests or hope chests, are traditional storage chests used in many cultures to store items that a young woman would accumulate in preparation for her marriage. The ches...

Through the eye of an artist you capture a unique piece in time. Never repeated, always different and always different and full of emotion.

Antique coffers are storage box chests, they were typically used during the medieval, Renaissance, and colonial eras. Primarily used to store various items such as clothing, linens, documents, and valuables such as money and jewelry.

The level of detail given to each Vintage Japanese painted Kokeshi doll is very adorable. Never identical, always have a cheeky facial expression and often tell a story. 

Art and sculptures are forms of visual expression that have been created by human beings for thousands of years. See our latest art & sculpture collection here.

Our example of a 1900's Glenister draftsman's chair was designed with the intention of the user being seated for many hours.

Early tables were made by Ancient Egyptians believed to be 2500BC of wood and stone, used not for dining at the time but to keep things above floor level.

Although tub chairs have been around for over 250 years. In 1958 Danish furniture architect Kurt Ostervig designed a chair named the 57A, this was known as the Tub Chair.  A style recognized all over the world...

In sunshine or evening glow, light is warmed by the chest bringing it alive and letting the imagination flow.  Hot sunshine and colourful spices of lands afar.

I was so excited being given this WW1 Compass as my next project for restoration.  With many years of cleaning tack, I set to work gently cleaning away years of dust and dirt from the leather case.  

History today is taught in a way to capture our imagination.

Quite often I hear, I sadly missed that lovely piece you had in last week. Will I get another I'm asked, my reply is the same, I am afraid not.  Finding these lovely bits of history is hard enough, trying to...