Garden antiques can be quite difficult to define, admits Rupert van der Werff, director of Summers Place Auctions, which lays claim to being the world's leading auctioneer of garden statuary. ‘The term covers Greek antiquities and also avant garde sc

As the season for summer weddings and significant birthday parties gets into full swing, the subject of what present to give becomes more pressing. Small antiques make thoughtful, one-off gifts; none more so than durable silver boxes, whose designs c

Marco Arosio is a collector and connoisseur, who has dedicated his life to the search for antiques that will make one's heart skip a beat. And Villa Singer, his home in Gorla, Milan, is filled with evidence of his years in the business. Built in the

Marilu's husband, Gesines, had been aware of their future home long before they bought it, having once lived on the same street. ‘He always thought it was a lovely house, with its stained-glass windows,’ she explains. ‘So some years later, he approac

Check ahead Please contact event organisers to check for postponements & last-minute cancellations FAIRS AROUND THE UK 20th Antiques & Salvage Market, Cheshire Showground, Clay House Farm, Flittogate Ln, Tabley, Knutsford, WA16 0HJ. asfairs.com; @asf

After 15 years living in Hydra, where she ran a gallery and interior design boutique, Véronique Bloch-Powell felt it was time to return to her roots in the CharenteMaritime in southwest France. Even though the area was close to her heart for its comf

Cartes de visite are small-format photographs – usually portraits, but not always – that were introduced into the UK market in the closing days of 1859 and quickly became wildly popular. They're called cartes de visite because they were similar in si

As summer beckons, the desire for somewhere to rest and admire our horticultural triumphs comes into sharp focus. At such a time, what could be more fitting than a garden seat wrought with passion flowers, or threaded with lily of the valley, ferns,

Last year, two Iznik tiles (one ‘mid 19th century’ in blue and white; the other 17th century ‘with a turquoise glaze’, with ‘small chips and losses’ and ‘a resin repair’) sold for a remarkable £14,500 at Dreweatts, against an estimate of £500–£800. T

H&A Review The Clifton Victoria Baths opened on Monday 29th July 1850 at 6am. Admission, which included two towels, cost just one shilling. The baths thrived during the beginning of the 20th century – in the 1930s it was the first pool to be electric

Nestled on a quiet side street in Copenhagen's fashionable Vesterbro district, sits the old workshop in which Pernille Holm, stylist and boutique owner, now lives with her husband, Leif Thingtved. Not only is it an unexpected oasis of calm in the hea

One of the projects that sticks in Gerald Mak's mind from his ceramics and glass MA at the Royal College of Art, from which he graduated in 2020, was having to choose a piece from the V&A's collection to reinterpret in a work of his own. Gerald picke

Wander the streets of Narberth on a Saturday morning and you'll no doubt come across local residents out and about, greeting their friends and neighbours, such is the community spirit of this pretty hillside town in Pembrokeshire. Everyone knows ever

Look closely at this striped bedlinen and you can see the patterned dobby weave that looks almost hand-drawn – a twist on a classic print. Somerley Stripe linen bedding is pictured here in Warm Clay. From £55 for a pillowcase pair. pigletinbed.com Ca

Complete your table with blousy floral arrangements using a heavy ceramic jug for the main bouquet and smaller glass vases for shorter stems. Place settings can be given a personal touch by embellishing plain linen with a ric-rac trim around the edge

Estimate £800–£1,200 Sold £12,600 In the mid-18th century, interest in the natural world burgeoned as global trade brought exotic foodstuffs to British shores. At Chelsea Physic Garden in London, a teaching garden founded in 1673, apprentices learned

I've been dealing with rare maps and atlases since I was 16 years old when I replied to an advert at a Job Centre and – with breaks for university – have never really had a ‘real’ job. I love the stories that antique maps tell, whether as historical

4th July, Bonhams Running in tandem with London Art Week, Bonhams’ series of Summer Classics auctions includes a 200-plus lot sale of the Twinight Collection, expected to make over £500,000. Amassed by New York businessman Richard Baron Cohen over 25