Advertisement from early incarnation of the business of Collinson and Walton 1869

September 01, 2025

 

RUSTIC GOTHIC FURNITURE, suitable for small houses, shooting and fishing boxes in oak, polished pine and other woods,

combining good taste, sound workmanship, and economy.

COLLINSON and WALTON

(Successors to Herring and Co.),

Decorative Furniture Manufacturers in every style,

109, FLEET-STREET, LONDON.

(The Standard, 6th January 1869)

New publication due soon: Metamorphic, Patent, and Adaptable Furniture in Britain: 1720-1920

June 26, 2025

Metamorphic, Patent, and Adaptable Furniture in Britain: 1720-1920

Clive Edwards

 

The content of the various chapters are driven by the themes of adjustability, flexibility, dual-purpose, transformation and convertibility, so will explore the wide range of British furniture made with these ideas in mind. The range is wide and covers furniture items that arecombinations of dual and …

Graham and Banks catalogue showing Collinson and Lock furniture items c. 1895

February 29, 2024
Graham and Banks catalogue showing Collinson and Lock furniture items c. 1895

The directors of the retail business of Graham and Banks were Walter Banks, and James Graham, (a nephew of Peter Graham,) who once worked for the family business Jackson and Graham before its take-over by Collinson and Lock in 1885.

Graham & Banks produced a trade catalogue, c.1895, entitled The House Comfortable and The House Beautiful: its furniture and decoration por…

Collinson and Lock cabinets featured in Gillow catalogue c. 1903

January 19, 2024
Collinson and Lock cabinets featured in Gillow catalogue c. 1903

Interesting to see these cabinets in the Gillow Catalogue with no reference to Collinson and Lock.Dated c. 1903

Latest publication

December 06, 2023
Latest publication

Routledge have just published a set of primary extracts edited and annotated with introduction to each one by me.

The volumes are: 

Nineteenth-Century Interiors, Volume One :Theories and Discourses Around the Home

Routledge 2023 ISBN 9781032269153

 

Nineteenth-Century Interiors ,Volume Two: Styles of Decoration and Design

Routledge 2023 ISBN 9781032269184

 

A MAHOGANY DRESSING CHEST OF DRAWERS, BY COLLINSON & LOCK, LATE 19TH CENTURY STAMPED 6177

November 13, 2023
A MAHOGANY DRESSING CHEST OF DRAWERS, BY COLLINSON & LOCK, LATE 19TH CENTURY STAMPED 6177

Mahogany Dressing Chest 
BY COLLINSON & LOCK, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Stamped 'COLLINSON & LOCK LONDON 6177', the top opening to reveal an inset mirror and a sliding divided tray
95cm high (148cm opened), 106cm wide, 59cm deep

Dreweatts 1759 Sale 28th November 2023

The handle design detail is found on a number of other pieces the firm made

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