Furniture

Furniture features as a strong showing at the second Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair of the year.

Inaugural fair at Scottish borders venue also marks a debut appearance for a man obsessed by chairs

Among the highlight sales at the recent Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair was a George III pine chest of drawers featuring more recent overpainting in willow pattern.

Designer Gaetano Pesce liked ‘beauty full of mistakes’, an approach reflected in his playful creations

The Memphis Miliano design movement was born on the evening of December 11, 1980, when architect-designer Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007) invited young creators and architects to discuss the future of Italian ‘post-modern’ design.

Organiser of a series of shows says curation means traders are offering a wide range of items

An owner of reclamation centre has set up shop at the invitation of a renowned Norwich retailer.

Practical campaign furniture is one of the stars as West Sussex event reaches its 10th anniversary

Around 200 lots of clocks and watches feature in a strong section as part of a four-day sale

The furniture highlight of Cheffins’ (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) latest Fine sale in Cambridge was the catalogue cover star.

Irish marquetry furniture is a very distinctive form of decorative technique associated in particular with Killarney.

Michael Barrington was the driving force behind the British Antique Furniture Restorers’ Association (BAFRA) since he was elected its chairman in 1994 and then chief executive officer until 2014.

Among the starring lots at the Wright (26% buyer’s premium) Design sale on March 28 was a pair of Gio Ponti lacquered wood, upholstery and brass Triennale armchairs, dating to 1951.

Pictured here are two lots of seat furniture that impressed bidders in recent auctions in Gloucestershire and Cheshire.

Many items from a group on offer in west London had been displayed at National Trust sites

One of the lesser-known episodes in the long and eventful life of Francis Bacon lasted little more than five years and was later dismissed by the artist as unimportant.