SALLY ARNUP'A Life in Bronze'To visit Sally Arnup in her Yorkshire studio is to enter an enchanted world. The first thing you encounter is the sheer vitality of an artist who has been creating extraordinary sculptures continuously since leaving the Camberwell School of Art in the late 1950s. The second thing you encounter is the menagerie with which she shares her home, one barn owl, three Tawney owls, a long eared rabbit, a flock of sheep, a brood of chickens and an excitable English pointer called Phidias. Let there be no doubt about it, Sally Arnup adores animals and birds and it is this passion that fires her creativity and inspires her work.

An Afternoon of Georgian History and Hospitality

Eat Drink & Be Merry: History and Hospitality Combine in a New Selling Exhibition

On opening the ATG last week, I saw a double page spread of pictures of pocket watches. Unfortunately these were all photographs of watches that had been stolen from a property in London earlier this year.  This had me thinking: How would one know the difference between a real antique pocket watch, and a very good fake one? Pocket watches aren’t my field so I thought I would write a blog about spotting fakes, copies and reproductions in an area I know about: furniture.

 

Reindeer Antiques recently acquired a fine selection of French antique furniture in the Louis XV stlye. During the later 17th Century French daily life was dictacted by a strict formality due to the traditions followed by Louis XIV and his court at Versailles. At Versailles, everything from the toilette ceremony in the morning to the coucher ceremony at night was carried out in front of the public eye. Throughout the Régence and the early 1700s the French began to reject this strict way of life and so there was an increasing desire for intimacy, luxury and comfort in the domestic space.

Cosying up with a book is still one of the best ways to relax these days! Storing books however can often be an issue depending on the size of your book collection. Why not consider an antique bookcase which can be very practical and eye-catching- Here at Reindeer Antiques we have a wide range of antique bookcases and cabinets that come in a variety of shapes, styles and woods.

Whether you live in a contemporary townhouse or a house in the countryside antique furniture can really add a homely touch to your kitchen. At Reindeer Antiques we have a large supply of antique furniture which is perfect for decorating any type of kitchen. From chopping vegetables, to cooking and washing up, the kitchen is often the busiest room in the house! Therefore it is important to buy hard-wearing, utilitarian and practical antique furniture for your kitchen.

At Reindeer Antiques we have a wide selection of antique mirrors in various shapes and sizes. An antique mirror would make the perfect addition to any home, whether you are looking for a large overmantle mirror for a hallway or living room, or a small elegant toilet mirror for a bedroom.

Pembroke and sofa tables were highly fashionable pieces of furniture in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In fact in Jane Austen's unfinished 1803-4 novel "The Watson's" a pembroke table is described as functioning as a tea-table: 'peoples arranged with all the honours of visiting round the fire, and Miss Watson seated at the best Pembroke table, with the best tea-things before her'.

An antique oak dresser is one of the most useful and practical pieces of English antique furniture. Oak dressers are perfect in a traditional kitchen displayed with the family china but a dresser is also equally at home in a smart London townhouse with a piece of modern art displayed above it. Oak dressers offer a large amount of storage but will fit into most spaces because they are shallow from front to back.