Refurbishing a much-loved antique Chesterfield sofa
Your antique Chesterfield – a member of the family ...The leather hide that often covers an antique Chesterfield is a natural material. And when it ages, like our skin, it can become visually far…
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Restoring a battle-weary campaign chest of drawers
Campaign to restore chest of drawers - the opening salvo ...Images of a campaign chest of drawers in need of restoration recently arrived in our inbox, with a request from a Surrey-based family…
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Probate valuation highlights – the Putney Bacchus
Deity discovered in Putney ....Putney in southwest London was the site of a Romano - British settlement during the Roman occupation. So, it seemed a fitting location to discover such an important and valuable…
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Folk art carving of revolutionary Patrick Henry has been discover…
Interest in folk art and Patrick Henry‘s political career reached a peak in America during the campaign for Independence. Patrick Henry was an American revolutionary-era statesman, a symbol of liberty, galvaniser…
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The Guildhall Museum, home to a collection of artworks by Rochest…
The Guildhall Museum in Rochester Kent is a permanent home to a collection of paintings, drawings, and prints by locally-born artist Charles Spencelayh (1865 – 1958). Over one day in May, Culvertons was…
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Art valuation singles out painting for London – New York on…
Whilst undertaking an art valuation in South London, on behalf of a local solicitor and representatives of a deceased’s estate, Jonathan Roberts (Culvertons’ general valuer) identified a small abstract landscape, painted in…
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