Furniture

Mentmore (Towers) in Buckinghamshire was built in 1852-4 by Sir Joseph Paxton – creator of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition – and Paxton’s son-in-law GH Stokes for Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild.

A small James I oak chest lined with original block-printed lining paper incorporating the Royal Arms within the Garter is on offer at the Suffolk House Antiques summer exhibition.

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

A suite of solid ivory and gilt furniture sold by Christie’s on July 7 appears to be the first auction lot to benefit from the exemption to the Ivory Act allowing the sale of items of ‘outstandingly high artistic, cultural and historical value’.

Property from a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, home designed by the English interior decorator David Hicks will highlight Hindman’s July 19 sale of European furniture and decorative arts in Chicago.

Ninety lots from family’s Norfolk home gave a taster of the traditional items they collected

The third sale from the eclectic collection of Jim Dixon was held online by Bonhams Skinner (25/20/12% buyer’s premium).

Butterscotch in New York is holding its summer estates auction on July 17.

Swaythling auction includes more than 80 pieces of 18th century English origin

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

Two plates from a Minton dinner service designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52) for his personal use appeared for sale in Derbyshire last week.

Close to 300 objects and works of art found permanent homes in UK museums and galleries thanks to contributions from the Art Fund charity, a new report reveals.

The tills are ringing once more at Dreweatts (25% buyer’s premium). Under the ownership of the Gurr Johns group, the Newbury firm sold by Stanley Gibbons for £1.25m in 2017 has received a welcome shot in the arm.

Don’t forget to visit London’s shops and galleries when in town for the multi-dealer events

These two oak boarded chests, made to similar techniques four centuries apart, were offered for sale recently.

This Scottish Arts & Crafts brass framed mirror, above, is the epitome of the so-called Glasgow Style.

Stand-out lots on offer in upcoming summer auctions and from dealers.

Highlights from a busy summer for auction houses and dealers.