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Welcome
ENDURING
DESIGN
t is a widely accepted 56) does this beautifully, I
idea that a piece think you will also adore the
becomes an antique mix of traditional architecture,
when it turns 100 years vintage design classics and
Iold. While many argue contemporary art found in
that important design is lighting designers Esther
valuable at any age, there is Pa"erson and Paul Carr’s
no denying that when an item home. Take a tour of their
passes its centenary it gains a welcoming place on page 76.
certain gravitas; it has proved My eyes lit up when I read
that it can stand the test of ‘The One’: the antiques that
time, and that its signi!cance every home should have,
will endure. And so, as we according to a shortlist of
start the 2020s, it is thrilling experts from the collecting, art,
to see that the design pieces design and interiors worlds.
of the art deco movement, Every one of the suggestions is
which saw its dawn in the inspiring, though my opinion
1920s, remain powerful and happens to fall in line with
impactful today. On page 44, Max Rolli!’s suggestion… turn
we celebrate the transition of to page 109 to read the feature
deco design from ‘vintage’ to and see which expert you
Tell us what ‘antique’ with con!dence that agree with.
inspires you in this these pieces will be treasured
issue of H&A. Tag
@homes_antiques on for many centuries to come.
Instagram or use the We love a house that blends
addresses overleaf old and new here at H&A, and
while our cover home (page Mel Sherwood, Editor
MY FIVE FAVOURITE ANTIQUES IN THIS ISSUE…
LIGHT UP THE NIGHT ON THE SPOT ROLL OUT THE CARPET NOBLE BUDDHA SILKEN THRONE
The soft, warming These 19th-century The rich red threads in Whoever donated this Upholstered in silk
glow from this gilded dalmatians recently this hand-woven Tekke Tibetan Buddha to a damask, this c1700
sconce is just what you sold for a song – I Bokhara rug make it charity shop must have chair is just one antique
need when the nights wish I’d been in the just as worthy of your had little idea of its that we have the
are still so long. salesroom to bid! walls as your floor. incredible value… silkworm to thank for.
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