The working title for this was 'A-Z of Antique Dealers', I thought that was too worrisome as I was inevitably going to miss people out. So I thought no one could argue with 'Terrific Dealers'.
Here is the list of people whose website's I check a lot and always keep me inspired & excited with the pieces they source. I will be continually updating the list, so do check back when you remember!
Adam Bray
What Period Do you mainly collect?
I can’t really collect, its not in my DNA, I tend to buy things I see across a crowded room that make my pulse rate quicken regardless of period or culture. I do live with some of the things I buy but most things find their true home sooner or later.
Price Range?
We sell things from £200
Favourite Piece on the website at the moment?
My favourite thing at the moment is a ‘vide poche’ ( something to empty you pockets into when you take off your trousers) attributable to Francois Arnal of Atelier A, it's a great piece of Parisian late 1960s atmosphere; Pop Art, Anarchy and with a lovely un messed about with original surface.
Website -www.adambray.info/Shop
Instagram - @adambraydesigns
Almásy Antiques-
What Period Do you mainly collect?: For me, the period is non-consequential. An object must have the best original colour, the right form and of course be in some way enlightening.
Price Range?:
The wonderful joy of collecting is that it can be done on any budget!
Favourite Piece on the website at the moment? (could you send a picture)?:
Alhambra Gazelle Vase - The newly re-discovered storage jars at the Alhambra palace became iconic symbols of Spain’s Islamic past in the early 1800s. A new wave of erudite tourists with a craze for historicist styles propelled potters in Manises to revive the 14th-century technique of lustre ceramics and reproduce smaller souvenir versions.
Instagram - @almasyantiques & Website - www.almasy.co.uk
AU Bespoke-
What Period Do you mainly collect?: 1970’s
Price Range?: £100- £4,500
Favourite Piece on the website at the moment? Vintage Metafora Luella & Massimo Vignelli for Martinelli Table.
Instagram - @aubespokestudio & Website - www.aubespoke.com
Anemone Interiors -
What Period Do You Mainly Collect?
I have a love for midcentury Italian pieces and American 80s, pastels, punks and beautifully curved Italian chairs with brass legs.
Price Range?: My price point is candle holders priced at £65 or my most recent design is Sicilian Moro heads priced at £325. The most expensive is around £2500.
Favourite Piece on the website at the moment? My most treasured piece at the moment would have to be my Sicilian heads as I designed these myself.
Instagram - @anemone_interiors
Website -www.anemoneinteriors.co.uk
Cart House -
What Period Do You Mainly Collect? Early 20th century is our go-to period, but more recently we’ve been finding some good 19th-century pieces.
Price Range? From a French confit pot at £60 up to a glazed cabinet £780.
Favourite Piece on the website at the moment? Belgian Still Life
Instagram - @cart_house
Website - www.cart-house.com
Chair Boy -
What Period Do you mainly collect?: 20th Century Design
Price Range?: Depending on the piece, Homeware may start from around £60 up to the bigger furniture items around £800. Furniture pieces usually vary between £100-£800 at the moment.
Favourite Piece on the website at the moment? (could you send a picture)?: At the moment and available, 'Pair of metal chain-link chairs'
Instagram - chairboy_london
Website - www.chairboylondon.com
Committee of Taste -
What Period Do you mainly collect?
Period is a difficult one because we mix 19c with post-war mid 20c
I particularly like humble honest CC41 utility furniture alongside vernacular rustic pieces.
Price Range?
£30-£300
Favourite Piece on the website at the moment? The wooden bowl that is carved out tree trunk
Instagram - @committee_of_taste
Dudley Waltzer-
What Period Do you mainly collect?: Postmodernism
Price Range?: £60 - £2,000
Favourite Piece on the website at the moment?
Compás Desk by Pedro Miralles Claver
Website - www.dudleywaltzer.com
Instagram - @dudleywaltzer
French Loft -
What period do you mainly collect?
We mostly sell 18th and 19th-century French country antiques.
Price Range?
£500 - £1,000
Favourite Piece?
Pair of French carved console tables
Website - www.frenchloft.com
Instagram - @frenchloft
In Da Cottage
What Period Do you mainly collect?
We collect & sell anything from Georgian through to continental 20th century
Price Range?
Typically £10.00 - £3500 at the moment
Favourite Piece on the website at the moment?
Webiste - www.indacottage.co.uk
Instagram - @indacottage
Kernow Furniture
What Period Do you mainly collect?
19th Century
Price Range?
£200 - £2000
Favourite Piece on the website at the moment?
William IV Mahogany Sideboard
Website - www.kernowfurniture.co.uk
Instagram - @kernowfurniture
Mid Century & Co
What period do you mainly collect?
Our main period which we chase is 1970-80
Price Range?
£350 - £1000
Favourite piece on the website at the moment?
McGuire Pencil Reed Bamboo wheat-sheaf Table with Set of 4 Carver Dining Chairs 1970s
Website - Mid Century & Co
Morgan Jackson-
What period do you mainly collect?
I mainly deal in 1950s-70s.
Price Range?
£100 - £2000.
Favourite piece on the website at the moment?
Website - www.morganjackson.co
Instagram - @morganjacksonlondon
Puckharber
What period do you mainly collect?
Eclectic mix of 18th, 19th, and 20th-century antiques and art.
Price Range?
£35 - £6500
Favourite piece on the website at the moment?
Website - www.puckhaberdecorativeantiques.com
Instagrams - @puckhaberdecor and @mrs_puckhaber
Punch The Clock
What period do you mainly collect?
20th century but just started dipping into the 19th.
Price Range?
£40-£2,000
Favourite piece on the website at the moment?
At the moment it's probably the Body chairs by Jim Warren for Pearl Dot. Japanese modernist elements along with Rietveld you can't go wrong.
Website - www.punch-the-clock.myshopify.com
Instagram - @punchtheclock
Retrouvius
What period do you mainly collect?
Deliberately broad...anything that needs to be saved...C18th to ’80s
Price range?
£50-£5000 generally with occasional leaps above
Favourite pieces:
Basil Spence Desk -A 1960s hardwood-topped desk with a steel frame and pigeonhole storage.
Website -www.retrouvius.com
Instagram- @retrouvius
Sauce London
What period do you mainly collect?
We mainly deal in mid-20th century pieces, but if I think something fits in with our look I won’t disregard 19th or 18th century. I actually just bought a 17th-century tapestry. Bit of a wildcard but it’s fantastic!
Price range? We have items for all budgets really, from salvaged Bunsen burner stands at £10 each, up to pairs of chairs at around £4000.
Favourite piece? Stitched leather daybed by Jacques Adnet.
Webiste - www.sauceldn.com
Instagram - @sauce.ldn
Societique
What Period Do you mainly collect?
I like to buy from any period. I get just as excited about something from 1690 as 1990. The key factor is originality. Though mood, courage, and healthiness of bank balance do play a part in the process...
Price Range?
£50-£5,000 but like to keep things under a grand...
Favourite Piece on the website at the moment?
Huge Country House Kitchen Prep Table Circa 1880
Website - www.societique.co.uk
Instagram - @societique
Stowaway London
What period do you mainly collect?:
We really try not to pigeon hole ourselves, We do try to stick to quality though.
Price Range?:
£100-£1000
Favourite Piece on the website at the moment?
My favourite piece at the moment is this Antique cast iron faux bamboo mirror.
Website - www.stowawaylondon.com
Instagram - @stowawayldn