Home of Arts & Crafts furniture genius to become tourist attraction

National Trust properties are not all grand mansions stuffed with antique marquetry furniture ; some, such as Stoneywell Cottage, which the Trust purchased in January, are relatively modest – but are at least as important.

Stoneywell, in Leicestershire, is an unsurpassed example of an Arts and Crafts house. Designed, built and part-furnished by the famous designer-architect (more…)

Boulle antique bookcase matched by baroque bronze masterpiece

The Wallace Collection in London boasts a spectacular variety of antique marquetry furniture, including a huge (more…)

Antique marquetry furniture – and other perils facing the executor of an estate

The pride of inheriting a valuable piece of antique furniture is sadly lacking in society today; many a Victorian oak partners desk in Lancashire has (more…)

Bringing home the Bacon on Antiques Roadshow

Fiona Bruce and the Antiques Roadshow team were at Stowe House on Sunday 6th January, with a particularly good selection of (more…)

The ‘ten bob’ antique dining table worth £1,500

As people in Cumbria know, antique marquetry furniture is rarely seen on Antiques Roadshow, but on 25th November an (more…)

Derbyshire doctor’s antique marquetry furniture makes a healthy profit

An outstanding collection of antique dining chairs, Open Bookcases and other 18th century antiques amassed by (more…)

Peat buckets and antique desks at historical Irish sale

The best of the antique marquetry furniture had already been sold, but there was still plenty to tempt people to (more…)

Antique dining table the Jewel in the Crown?

An exquisite piece of antique marquetry furniture from the days of the British Raj was one of the highlights at a sale in (more…)

Antique marquetry furniture from the North creates a Kentish mystery

A forthcoming Tunbridge Ware exhibition will feature a small portable antique desk decorated with a scene from North Yorkshire; which is a mystery, as practically all (more…)