Work is progressing on my new project on the topic of Metamorphic, Patent, and Adaptable Furniture in Britain: 1720-1920.
The Contents list below gives an idea of the scope.
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
by Jake Kaner (Author), Clive Edwards (Author)
Conservation of Twentieth-Century Furniture provides comprehensive and accessible coverage of the materials and techniques that are encountered in furniture of this century.
A…
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…
The research for this was undertaken by Puritan Values -Antiques and Decorative Arts (https://www.puritanvalues.com) and is used with permission of Tony Geering
Before the partnership of Collinson and Lock was established in 1870 , Fra…
Interesting to see these cabinets in the Gillow Catalogue with no reference to Collinson and Lock.Dated c. 1903
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
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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
1893, September 7: Sale of Furniture from Pescott Kent Times
"Pescott, Longfield, near Fawkham, Kent. Franklin Homan is instructed by Mrs Anderson, who is leaving, to sell by auction, on the premises as above, on Wednesday and Thursday, 20th and 21st September, 1893 at 12 for 1 o'clock on each day, the whole of the valuable household furniture and effects, comprising the complete dini…