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Contents
VOL 57 NO 10 APRIL 2022
REGULARS 3 Editor’s Welcome: Georgina Wroe introduces the April issue
THE ROLEX DEEP SEA SPECIAL METAMORPHIC CHAIRS BEST COLUMNISTS
APRIL 2022
Prints Charming
Discovering affordable works by Walter
Sickert
William Morris
& beyond Celebrating the design giants who turned their hand to wallpaper
CHRISTINA TREVANION PUTS BLACK FOREST
WARE IN FOCUS
8 WELL-KNOWN AUCTIONEERS
Share their tales of triumph & disaster from the rostrum
ALSO INSIDE Cufflinks are back in fashion • Sale results • Buddhist & Hindu art
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COVERDetail of the iconic Acanthus William Morris wallpaper at Wightwick Manor and Gardens, West Midlands © National Trust Images/Chris Lacey, see the story of page 48
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6 Antique News: The latest on a new gallery for illustrations and recommendations for three exhibitions to visit this month
10 Your Letters: A Grimwade Beatrix
Potter nursery set and a curious tablecum-coalscuttle are exercising readers’ minds
12 Around the Houses: A 17th-century oak cupboard fetches £88,000 and there are record sales for Lalique scent bottles
16 Lots of Love: Never out of vogue,
Christina Trevanion puts black forest ware in the spotlight
19 An Auctioneer’s Lot: Charles
Hanson praises the Derbyshire landscape artist George Turner
34 Saleroom Spotlight: An exceptional sale of Buddhist and
Hindu art goes under the hammer
40 Waxing Lyrical: David Harvey considers the transformative effects of metamorphic furniture
46 Puzzle Pages: Put your little grey cells to the test with our headscratching quiz and crossword
53 Subscription Offer: Readers save 33
per cent on an annual subscription and receive a free book worth £65
54 Top of the Lots: Frames from one of the 20th-century’s greatest makers are up for sale, along with a collection of Richard Gere’s photographs
56 Book Offers: Save more than a third on the the latest titles from our sister publisher ACC Art Books
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58 Fair News We preview three of the best events taking place in April
59 Fairs Calendar: Never miss another event with our up-to-date listings from the UK’s fairs
61 Auction calendar: All the latest sale dates from around the country
66 Marc My Words: Antiques Roadshow’s Marc Allum proves he knows his stuff when he takes on re-upholstering a chair
FEATURES 20 Raising the Curtain: Jennie Fisher considers the affordability of prints by the modernist Walter Sickert
26 Off the Cuff: Forget your pandemic pyjamas, sartorial elegance is back, with antique cufflinks leading the way
30 Under Pressure: On the eve of the
70th-anniversary of the Rolex Deep Sea Special, we celebrate the groundbreaking timepiece
36 It Shouldn’t Happen to an Auctioneer: Eight well-known faces share their tales of triumph and disaster from the rostrum
42 Passport to Pimlico: What makes a legendary dealer? Antique Collecting quizzes one such London trader prior to the sale of his stock and possessions
48 Paper Weights: Aside from the legendary wallpaper giant William
Morris, a number of leading iconic designers flocked to the genre
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