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In Loving memory of Brian Thompson, founder member of The Antique Trader and The Millinery Works
Check out our collection of magnificent hand made carpets by John Allen FRCA together with ceramics, wood turning and glass work by contemporary craftsmen click on CONTEMPORARY in the main menu above. https://www.millineryworks.co.uk/collections/john-allen
We have a selection of OTHER ANTIQUES, silver & glass and collectables in the 'SUNDRY 'drop-down menu, check it out https://www.millineryworks.co.uk/collections/other-antiques
LATEST STOCK
Important Peter Waals Cotswold School quarter-sawn oak wardrobe
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This Cotswold School excellent quality quarter-sawn oak wardrobe above two drawers with chamfered D handles is a superlative example of the work of Peter Waals.... View full product details
A pair of Emile Gallé glass paste vases
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A pair of Emile Gallé glass paste vases decorated with foliage & berries in shades of pink & red, released with acid in a cameo... View full product details
An oak, Arts & Crafts 5 drawer chest of drawer
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An oak, Arts & Crafts, Cotswold School, 5 drawer chest of drawers with 'nip' handles, circa 1930, 99cm 939in) high, 59.5cm (23.5in) wide, 35.25cm (14in)... View full product details
A pair of Arts and Crafts wrought iron and brass andirons/ fireside dog
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A pair of Arts and Crafts wrought iron and brass andirons/ fireside dogs of strong ornate form with two circular pierced panels modelled with scrolling... View full product details
A Glasgow School brass repoussé clock
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A Glasgow School, Arts & Crafts brass repoussé clock in the manner of Margaret Gilmour Studio, with Celtic entrellac design to the octagonal face and... View full product details
An oak Cotswold cabinet/dresser
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An oak Cotswold cabinet/dresser, exposed dowel construction, chamfering throughout, open shelf with support, flush panelled back, over two chamfered and panelled sliding doors with carved... View full product details
A Cotswold School, Arts & Crafts mantel clock.
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A Cotswold School, Arts & Crafts mantel clock with white enamel dial and Roman numerals, the case being a moulded octagonal frame on angled base... View full product details
An oak, Arts & Crafts, circular dining table
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An oak, Arts & Crafts, circular Cotswold style dining table with a substantial top of plank construction on an octagonal central column and four supports,... View full product details
A fruitwood Arts & Crafts wardrobe by E A Taylor.
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A fruitwood, Glasgow School, Arts & Crafts wardrobe with swept cornice, abalone, mother of pearl, box and ebony inlaid roundels to the canted and panelled... View full product details
A pair of regency Sterling silver salts
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A pair of regency Sterling silver salts profusely decorated with repoussé shells and each standing on four stylised fish feet, by Hayne & Thomas Wells,... View full product details
A fine sycamore Arts & Crafts, Cotswold cabinet
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A well-figured oak tallboy with a two-door cupboard over 3 graduated drawers designed and made by Peter Waals 1927 with exposed through tenons to the... View full product details
A set of eight W R Lethaby oak, Arts & Crafts dining chairs
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A set of eight W R Lethaby oak, Arts & Crafts dining chairs of dowel construction with flared back supports, moulded top rail, two tapering... View full product details
An oak, Cotswold School bureau bookcase
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An oak, Cotswold School bureau bookcase of stepped form with fall-front with green leather inset, fitted interior, three drawers over cupboard, carved, stepped, handles, open shelves... View full product details
A substantial 'Odeon' Art Deco mirror
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A substantial 'Odeon' Art Deco mirror with wood frame and brass mount with architectural key-stone motif, circa 1930, 158cm (62in) high, 107cm (42in) wide. View full product details
A Betty Joel Australian walnut Modernist bookcase
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A Betty Joel Australian walnut Modernist bookcase/display cabinet, cross-banding to the overhang to the top, one drawer over cupboard, short drawer with asymmetric arrangement of... View full product details
An English Modernism three piece suite,
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An English Modernism three piece suite, two armchairs and a settee, the exposed wood of walnut with angled edges, tapering front supports to square section,... View full product details
An oak, Cotswold knee-hole desk.
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An oak, Cotswold knee-hole desk, panelled construction to the top, one drawers between pedestals of three graduated drawers, arched knee-hole, drawers with panelled fronts and... View full product details
Two three-tier Liberty, Arts & Crafts, oak 'Sedley' bookcases
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Two three-tier Liberty, Arts & Crafts, oak 'Sedley' bookcases with pegged shelves and cut out trefoil decoration to the sides, the larger 97cm (38.5in) high,... 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 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 Arts & Crafts brass hanging lantern
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Large Arts & Crafts brass hexagonal hanging lantern with green glass sides, circa 1900, 76cm (30in) top>bottom, 21cm (8.5in) wide, 21cm (8.5in) deep View full product details
Four Yew wood lidded boxes,
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Four Yew wood Cotswold School lidded boxes, two circular and two rectangular one of which has a holly, ebony and yew wood fine inlaid decoration,... View full product details
An oak, Arts & Crafts, dressing chest
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An oak, Arts & Crafts, dressing chest, swing mirror in stepped cornice and arched frame, with arch top supports, with carved, inset heart and steam... View full product details
An imposing pair of Gothic Revival brass candlesticks
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An imposing pair of Gothic Revival brass candlesticks in the manner of Pugin, with pierced foliate decoration and cherub masks, impressed number 1858 to the... 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
A Heal's limed, quarter-sawn, oak bureau bookcase
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Heal's A limed, quarter-sawn, oak bureau bookcase, chamfering to the frame, fall-front, fitted interior with two short drawers and pigeon holes, asymmetric arrangement of shelves,... View full product details
An oak, Arts & Crafts, Cotswold School, 5 drawer chest of drawers
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An oak, Arts & Crafts, Cotswold School, 5 drawer chest of drawers with 'nip' handles, circa 1930, 99cm 939in) high, 59.5cm (23.5in) wide, 35.25cm (14in)... 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
An early Heals oak writing table,
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An early Heals Arts & Crafts oak writing table, shaped edge to the top, two drawers with fine hand-cut 'London lapped' dovetails, patinated steel drop-ring... View full product details
An oak, Arts & Crafts coat and stick stand,
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An oak free-standing, Arts & Crafts coat and stick stand, tapering square section form, cross stretcher, ebonised drip tray, circa 1910, maker's label 'Cooke's (Finsbury)... View full product details
A small hardwood Moorish hexagonal table
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A small hardwood Moorish hexagonal table embellished with finely carved geometric chip carving. circa 1920. Measures 46cm (18n) high 33cm (13in) maximum top eidth. View full product details
A fine Limoges porcelain tea & coffee se
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Wm. Guerin, Paris & Limoges, a fine porcelain tea & coffee set in cobalt and pearl blue overlaid with very ornate raised gilding made in... View full product details
An oak Heals 3 drawer chest of drawers
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A Heals oak 3 drawer chest of drawers with turned wooden handles, machined dovetails to the drawers and upstand to the back, labelled Heals, Tottenham... View full product details
An oak, Arts & Crafts, fall front bureau bookcase
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An oak, Arts & Crafts, fall front bureau bookcase attributed to Harris Lebus, arched, open gallery, arched plank sides with yin-yan cutouts, fitted interior of... 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
An Arts & Crafts brass ceiling light,
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An elegant Arts & Crafts brass ceiling light, re-wired and comes with PAT test, with three wonderful arts and crafts period Vaseline shades in perfect... View full product details
A Charles II scagliola-mounted ebony and ebonized cabinet
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A Charles II scagliola-mounted ebony and ebonized cabinet on stand the scagliola attributed to Diacinto Cawcy circa 1675 with eight two-panel and two one panel... 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
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 & Crafts, limed oak fall-front bureau
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An Arts & Crafts, Cotswold School limed oak fall-front bureau in the manner of Heals, with exposed dovetail construction with stepped, shaped edge to the... View full product details
A set of six Walnut dining chairs
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A set of six Arts & Crafts, Cotswold, walnut dining chairs with railed back splats, taper front legs with swell toed feet and drop-in seats... 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
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
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
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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