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please note: DURING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK THE MILLINERY WORKS GALLERIES WILL BE CLOSED . BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRADE THROUGH THE WEBSITE TO WHICH WE ARE ADDING NEW STOCK - KEEP IN TOUCH AND PLEASE KEEP SAFE.
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In loving memory of Brian Thompson founder member of the Millinery Works
Below is just a sample of some of our latest stock. Please visit our showroom pages to see all the most recent additions and ask us for prices - we are always happy to discuss terms.
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LATEST STOCK
A quarter sawn oak, Cotswold cabinet
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Ambrose Heal A quarter sawn oak, Cotswold cabinet on chest of drawers, exposed dovetails, ebonised chip carving to the front moulded edge on bun feet,... View full product details
An oak, Gordon Russell Cotswold, sideboard
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Early Gordon Russell An oak, Cotswold, sideboard with exposed dowel construction throughout, chamfered gallery, top with bevelled edge, panelled back, two short cedar lined drawers... View full product details
An elm Cotswold dining table,
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An elm Cotswold dining table, the top of flush panel and exposed dovetail construction, on tapering supports with rosewood edges, joined with a shaped, pegged,... View full product details
A walnut work box on stand attributed to the Barnsley Workshop,
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A walnut work box on stand attributed to the Barnsley Workshop, the octagonal box with hinged two part stepped lid, carved faceted handle, fitted box wood... View full product details
A Liberty'mahogany Arts & Crafts hexagonal occasional table
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A fine and unusual Liberty'mahogany Arts & Crafts hexagonal occasional table, shaped apron between six tapering, square section legs on pad feet, joined by geometrically... View full product details
A mahogany Glasgow School magazine rack
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A mahogany Glasgow School magazine rack with round cut-out, circa 1900, 87cm (34.5in) high, 36cm (14in) wide, 24cm (9.5in) deep. View full product details
A bronze Art Deco plate
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A bronze Art Deco plate with Leda & the Swan, crca 1930, 16cm (6.5in) diameter View full product details
An Arts & Crafts, Cotswold oak double bed by Arthur Romney Green
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An Arts & Crafts, Cotswold oak double bed by Arthur Romney Green the head and the foot boards with exposed dowell construction with faceted stopped... View full product details
A pair of Arts & Crafts, Cotswold style, iron andirons,
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A pair of Arts & Crafts, Cotswold style, iron andirons, with applied pierced brass plates, in the manner of the Artificers' Guild. Circa 1920, 60cm... View full product details
A matched pair of walnut'Thebes' coffee / lamp tables
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A matched pair of walnut two tier 'Thebes' coffee / lamp tables with tapering, turned legs, after a design by E W Godwin, circa 1880,... View full product details
An octagonal Damascene hardwood coffee table
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with Moorish arches between the supports, extensive bone, ebony, boxwood, mother-of-pearl and abalone shell inlay retailed by Liberty's (see 1890s catalogues) circa 1890, 52cm (20.5in)... View full product details
An Arts & Crafts sheet pewter, easel-backed mirror
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An Arts & Crafts sheet pewter, easel-backed mirror with repousse relief decoration of grapes and vine leaves and a fox surrounding a central green ceramic... View full product details
Two lengths of Heals screen-printed cotton crepe fabric
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Two lengths of screen-printed cotton crepe fabric, 'Sweet Corn' pattern, designed by Barbara Brown for Heal's in 1958, printed details on selvedge, each 118 x... View full product details
An Very fine oak, Cotswold, sideboard
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An oak, Cotswold, sideboard, plank and exposed dovetail construction, oak lined drawers, one longer between two short, carved nip handles attached by through, wedged tenons, with... View full product details
A Scottish Arts & Crafts print with a Robert Burns' poem
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A Scottish Arts & Crafts print by H J Dobson ARSA depicting Robert Burns' cottage in an Arts & Crafts oak picture frame with inset... View full product details
An oak, Austrian, Arts & Crafts, Secessionist knee-hole desk
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Vienna Secession An oak, Austrian, Arts & Crafts, Secessionist knee-hole desk, reeded decoration and inset panels with a gallery of four short drawers over recesses,... View full product details
A Jugenstil inkwell
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A Jugenstil inkstand on brass mounted rosewood tray with brass inlay, faceted glass inkwell with rosewood and brass inlaid lid, by Erhard and Sohne, Germany,... View full product details
A Cotswold School oak bedside cupboard
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A Cotswold School free-standing, quarter sawn, oak cupboard on legs, with chip carving to the top, the supports and to the lower tier, the door... View full product details
An ebonised Rosetti 'Sussex' armchair
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An ebonised 'Sussex' armchair, designed by D G Rosetti for Morris & Co, re-rushed, slightly reduced in height, castors to the back legs, circa 1875,... View full product details
A fine, Cotswold, walnut extending dining table by Peter Waals
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Peter Waals (1870 - 1937) A fine, Cotswold, walnut extending dining table, one drop-in leaf, stepped edge to the top with ebony and holly inlaid... View full product details
A Hugh Wallis round copper tray
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A round copper repoussé tray with rope edge decoration, by Hugh Wallis, monogrammed, circa 1900, 58cm (23in) diameter View full product details
Sir Frank Brangwyn, monogrammed etching
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An etching 'Barnard Castle' by Sir Frank Brangwyn, monogrammed on plate, 1905, 40cm x 32cm plate size. View full product details
A Pair of Standard Lamps
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A pair of walnut Cotswold School standard lamps, turned, moulded tops with turned scoops, octagonal faceted and stopped chamfered, tapering columns, on cruciform, chamfered sledge... View full product details
An Arts and Crafts ,oak drop-flap centre table
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An early 20th century Arts and Crafts ,Cotswold School oak drop-flap centre table the octagonal top above a pair of bookshelf ends and chamfered gate-legs,... View full product details
An oak, Arts & Crafts stool / magazine rack
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An oak, Arts & Crafts stool / magazine rack, the top with moulded edge and canted corners, exposed dowel construction, shaped supports, circa 1910, 38cm... View full product details
An oak Arts & Crafts ladder-back armchair
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An oak Arts & Crafts ladderback armchair with shaped splats and turning to the front supports and with original rush seat, in the manner of... View full product details
An oak Cotswold waterfall bookcase
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An oak Cotswold waterfall bookcase, front to four shelves over a two door cupboard, with exposed wedged tenon construction to the chamfered shelves, with shaped... View full product details
An original drawing for an Arts & Crafts ceremonial box
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An original drawing for an Arts & Crafts ceremonial box with designs of views of London to be executed in enamel, by A E Jones,... View full product details
A walnut two tier 'Thebes' coffee / lamp table
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A walnut two tier 'Thebes' coffee / lamp table with tapering, turned legs, after a design by E W Godwin, circa 1880, 66cm (26in) high,... View full product details
An oak Cotswold style cabinet
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An oak Cotswold style cabinet with a cupboard to one side and two shelves to the other, with exposed dovetail construction to the top and... View full product details
An Aesthetic walnut two-tier centre table
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A finely figured Aesthetic walnut two-tier centre table with splayed legs and shaped frieze, after a design by Charles Eastlake, circa 1875, 61cm (24in) high,... View full product details
A Gordon Russell Helix sideboard
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A mahogany sideboard with Bombay rosewood veneered doors cut to reveal white birch double helix decoration, the cupboards having an interior shelf and a cutlery... View full product details
Edward Wolfe RA (1897 - 1982) 'Thames Barges'
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Edward Wolfe RA (1897 - 1982) 'Thames Barges' gouache, oil pastel and charcoal on canvas, signed in pencil, circa 1965, contemporary, gallery frame, 72 x... View full product details
An Arts and Crafts oak framed reclining armchair and stool
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An Arts and Crafts oak framed reclining armchair by James Shoolbred & Co, the buttoned back and seat upholstered in Archibald Knox 'Tea Rose' pattern... View full product details
A set of 5 Ambrose Heal's Letchworth ladderback
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A set of 5 Ambrose Heal foak Letchworth ladderback dining chairs, one carver, four sides, re-rushed, circa 1905, carver 122cm (48in) high, 62cm (24.5in) max... View full product details
A Tudric pewter teapot
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A Tudric pewter teapot with wooden handle, designed by Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co, model no. 0375, circa 1905 View full product details
An oak Heals chest of drawers
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An oak Heals chest of drawers, two short over three graduated drawers on plinth base with reeding, inset oval drawer pulls, circa 1935, 110cm (43.5in)... View full product details
A pair of Arts and Crafts oak framed, upholstered armchairs,
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A pair of Arts and Crafts oak framed armchairs, in the manner of Shapland & Petter, the seats and backs upholstered in Liberty & Co... View full product details
A set of six Cotswold ash high-back, ladder-back dining chairs
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A set of six Cotswold ash high-back, ladder-back 'Gimson' dining chairs with re-rushed seats, with chamfering to the back of the graduated ladders, designed by... View full product details
A set of Cotswold style brass fire irons
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A set of Cotswold style brass fire irons including, a poker, a brush, a pair of tongues, a shovel all with ball handles and a... View full product details
A Rowley Gallery ier mirror
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A Rowley Gallery 'old gold' painted frame pier mirror with intarsia picture of river and bridge, in various woods, Rowley Gallery paper label to the... View full product details
A pair of American oak ladderback sidechairs
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A pair of American oak ladderback sidechairs with through tenon construction to the legs and large studded leatherette covered seats, attributed to Limberts of Grand... View full product details
A walnut, Arts & Crafts writing table attributed to Frank Brangwyn
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Attrib. to Frank Brangwyn A walnut, Arts & Crafts writing table, the top of fine, diamond matched veneer with inlaid ebony banding, carved and ebonised... View full product details
A pair of Arts & Crafts, linen fold carved oak single beds,
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A pair of oak, Arts & Crafts, single beds, the boards of panelled construction with linen fold and acanthus leaf carving and with turned finials... View full product details
Robin Nance of St Ives ladder back dining chairs,
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A Robin Nance of St Ives set of six elm Cotswold ladder back dining chairs, four sides, two carvers, of exposed dowel construction, chamfered and shaped... View full product details
A Shapland & Petter, Barnstaple walnut games table
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A Shapland & Petter, Barnstaple walnut chess / games table of two tiers, with burgundy and white tiled games top, with carved, wavy frame to... View full product details
An Arthur Romney Green walnut, Cotswold bookcase and cupboard
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Arthur Romney Green A walnut, Cotswold bookcase and cupboard, hand carved, linked-lozenge edge to the top of the bookcase and to the top of... View full product details
A pair of Shapland & Petter, Barnstaple oak reclining armchairs
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A pair of Shapland & Petter, Barnstaple oak reclining armchairs with tapering spindles to the sides, turned column feet and front supports, original castors, one... View full product details
Hullo Boys, The Wireless Uncle's Annual
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Hullo Boys, The Wireless Uncle's Annual, A Budget of Good Things by the Uncles on the Wireless published, by the courtesy of the BBC by... View full product details
A pair of Heals oak chests of drawers
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Heal's A pair of oak chests of drawers - each of five graduated drawers, cross-banding to the drawer fronts, carved handles, square section legs, by... View full product details
The Antique Trader was established in 1970 in North London’s Camden Passage antique centre. The partners, Brian Thompson & Derek Rothera, at that time specialised in early English oak furniture
By the eighties they were dealing in Georgian and Biedermeier periods which were more popular at that time. However, the partners’ real interest lay in the Arts & Crafts Movement which drew much of its inspiration from the craftsmanship of the early English country furniture makers.
In the mid eighties they began infiltrating Morris, Liberty and Cotswold School pieces into their stock and by 1990 the shop was entirely dedicated to the Arts & Crafts movement, designers and makers.
In 1996 the business was relocated to its current premises which were built at the turn of the 19th century as a hat making factory. Derek & Brian have established the name of The Antique Trader at The Millinery Works, 87 Southgate Road, Islington, London N1 3JS.
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