Sweetea & Willow. French furniture experts are branching out with a new Antique and Collectables section. ......................
I have a bit of a penchant for Fornasetti, I adore his designs for ceramics and I’ve been coveting his wallpaper for ages for my study. Think that all the heads staring down at me would force me to think!
We have just launched an Antiques & Collectables section on Sweetpea & Willow and there is an absolutely incredible Vintage Secretaire there. Designed by Gio Ponti in collaboration with Fornasetti it is absolutely unique, the design was inspired by Galeazzo Allessi’s Palace of Genova. So it has a great witty fusion of modern design with Romantic classicism.
More in my price range is our local antique market! I popped in yesterday as I am always on the look out for quirky vintage finds and found a fab chair. Poor husband is not happy as I have a huge collection of chairs and am fast running out of places to put them all!
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(These are some of my favourites from Sweetpea & Willow) Anyway I just had to have it, it’s an old church chair with a shelf on the back for hymn books. I love the way the top has been worn away by hundreds of hands and the honesty of the design. Number One son can have it as a homework chair – he can put his homework sheets in the back.
I think that is part of the huge appeal of antiques, the romantic idea that they have been loved by generations and that they are just on loan to us until we hand them on to the next generation.
We have some Gillows of Lancaster card tables with beautiful carving and clawed feet. They have the quality that is impossible to replicate today. Withan undisputable provenance they are available as a pair.
I think that is part of the huge appeal of antiques, the romantic idea that they have been loved by generations and that they are just on loan to us until we hand them on to the next generation.
We have some Gillows of Lancaster card tables with beautiful carving and clawed feet. They have the quality that is impossible to replicate today. Withan undisputable provenance they are available as a pair.
I'm not sure how they would have been used originally but having a pair makes it easier to place them in a design scheme, symmetry being important.Hope you’re enjoying the beautiful spring weather,
