Just got this gorgeous American Resolute Presidents partners desk in. It’s an exact replica of the desk as found in the Oval Office. It even has a secret compartment. This is hand carved from mahogany and has a commemorative plaque on the front.
The details are exquisite – hurry as this won’t be hanging around.
http://www.canonburyantiques.com/pages/product.php?titlecat=DESKS&idpd=1244289427
A conversation over heard in a posh antique shop…
An Interior Decorator said to the Inferior Desecrator…. ‘Bad taste is excusable, no taste is inexcusable’.
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Art Deco Bronze Flying Lady Rolls Royce Mascot by Charles Sykes – Spirit Ecstacy http://www.canonburyantiques.com
Perhaps our favourite art deco statue in bronze – as seen on the bonnet (or hood) or Rolls Royce cars since the 1920s..
U turn if you want to, this lady’s not for turning. In the immortal words of Maggie: ‘age increases value’..
In the middle part of 1984 I organised an Antiques Roadshow for the Conservative Association of Finchley, North London in the presence of the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. With my fellow Antique Experts we valued over 300 individual items.
Amongst them were several treasures – much to the enjoyment and interest of Margaret Thatcher.
I was in the process of valuing one particular object which was a Swiss Enamel Singing Bird Box. I informed the elderly lady that this item was worth between £3000 and £4000. Maggie was standing to my left intently listening to my valuation. She looked at me with those Marilyn Monroe eyes and said: ” Mr Worster this would cost more than £3000 to £4000 in Phillips Bond Street Auction”.
I must confess at that moment I had to capitulate and agree with her statement – after all who would of dared to argue? U turn if you want to. This lady was definitely not for turning.
At the close of the proceedings the Prime Minister gave a vote of thanks to myself and my colleagues and off the cuff she made a wonderful remark by stating:
“Isn’t it wonderful and comforting to know that as we grow older we increase in value”
We’ve just got this gorgeous desk in – we love the Andre Charles Boulle inlay work and this desk is a beautiful example. Brass overlaid over the red faux tortoiseshell to beautiful affect..
It’s the time of year again, Thanksgiving and Christmas are fast approaching – so place your orders for tables and chairs and we can get them out in time for these special occasions. Of course this mainly applies to our American customers – the cut off point for getting dining tables out to North America will be the first week of October.
Eating together, whether with family or friends, has to be one of the most important things we can do – so why not do it in style with a gorgeous dining set. We have one of the largest selections of English dining furniture on the internet. Choose from our vast array of table and chair combinations.
Whether you want a set of Chippendale chairs with an English Victorian mahogany dining table. Or a walnut Queen Anne chairs with a George III dining table. Or a set of Regency flower bar chairs around a flame mahogany Regency pedestal table. We’ve got all bases covered…
We’ve moved! We used to be at Number One Church Street in London – where we were for more than ten great years. But the time has come to move on and we’ve rented out the shop. We’ve moved to a much larger premises in Hertfordshire:
Canonbury Antiques
Redwell Wood Farm
Ridge Hill
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
EN6 3NA
01707 662688
It’s where the A1 meets the M25 and is 30 minutes north of London. It’s also very easy to get to via train – Potters Bar is the nearest trains and it takes 15 minutes from Kings Cross.
Our warehouse has a built in showroom – and best of all there are no parking wardens! Please get in touch if you would like to make an appointment.
We’ve just returned from a buying trip in Norfolk and returned with some gorgeous dining tables..including this wonderful extending Victorian dining table in mahogany..
Our new showroom within our warehouse near Potters Bar in Hertfordshire, 20 minutes north of London
Canonbury Antiques
Redwell Wood Farm
Ridge Hill
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
EN6 3NA
Canonbury Antiques
Redwell Wood Farm
Ridge Hill
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
EN6 3NA
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