Furniture

The Five Centuries sale at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on May 20 included a sensational example of medieval art – a 14th century French gothic ivory casket or coffret.

This George II caddy-topped mahogany chest bears not one, but two original trade labels for the London cabinet maker Giles Grendey (c.1693-1780).

Contents of a Straits Chinese shophouse sold at auction provide window to the past

Dewlish House yields ‘good old-fashioned house sale with everything on offer’

A collection of 20th century designer furniture has been discovered in a local apartment by Jérôme de Colonges, auctioneer for Primardeco/Ivoire Toulouse.

Sworders' latest Design sale included a group of Arts & Crafts items from the estate of the design writer and biographer Fiona MacCarthy (1940-2020).

A pair of 3ft 7in high (1.12m) Victorian iron pier finials cast as rampant lions have returned home after two decades missing from a family home.

Two long-standing auction department heads launch second careers as dealers this month.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Intended to keep servants warm in the draughty watches of day and night at the entrances to grand houses, this porter’s chair was bought at Christie’s in 1989 and used in the vendor’s living room ever since.

This prototype side chair by pioneering Victorian designer Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) was discovered during the pandemic.

'Orangepflückerin' (Orange Picker) lamp by Goldscheider up at auction in Germany.

Set of table and six chairs by the Danish designer Verner Panton designed in 1971 for Fritz Hansen is on offer at the Drouot in Paris.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

On May 20 Hindman's Modern Design sale encompasses works by American and European designers including those from France, Italy and Scandinavia.

Fifteen furniture lots make five-figure sums as Dreweatts bidders show encouraging confidence

Morphets (20% buyer’s premium) of Harrogate sold a Mouseman bureau for a tub-thumping £36,000 on April 15.

Armorial head linked to the palaces of Henry VIII when he was married to Anne Boleyn.