Property News · October 14, 2018

Blowing the dust off the antiques trade


A rising generation of dealers is using the internet to create new ways to sell old furnitureJack Laver Brister’s Instagram account looks like something from the archives of World of Interiors. Mahogany furniture, chintz and pots of pelargoniums abound. “I’d say my style is quite masculine and English,” says Laver Brister (above), whose home appears in Ros Byam Shaw’s recent book Perfect English Townhouse. “It’s that faded country house look.”Laver Brister could be described as a “new traditional” dealer and decorator – he’s just completed an interior design project on a Georgian townhouse in London. He scours country auctions and markets for “useful and decorative pieces with originality – things that haven’t been retouched or restored”. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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