Miscellaneous & Interesting

Antique dining table and chair sets make an excellent addition to a home, offering elegance and sophistication. A range of styles made popular through various eras allow for a wide degree of choice to let you match your personal style, from austere refectory tables to more decorative Victorian dining sets. Whether...

It isn’t very often that we dedicate a whole blog post to a single item, but on this occasion, we thought we’d make an exception. Today, we are very pleased to be able to show you this absolutely stunning collection of twenty-four magnificent framed plaster Grand Tour intaglios, wonderfully arranged in two...

As the years pass, antique furniture will inevitably suffer from wear and tear such as chipped timber, ripped fabric and scratched varnish. One option is to restore the piece to its original condition. This can involve everything from minor cleaning work to major repairs depending on the type of furniture and the...

Just because here at Regent Antiques we are well known, if not famous, for our fine and extensive collection of Antique Furniture, decorative items and other fine quality miscellanea, that does not mean that we can’t occasionally offer something that defies categorisation. Something that is quite unique and which...

Whether you’re shopping for antiques on Internet sites like eBay, a local flea market or our very own online antiques shop, remember that you’re buying items that have a rich history.

Stepping into a Jack Spade store, you might wonder who the fabulous, well-traveled gent was who lived there. The clothing store pulls off a deft, eclectic, lived-in look: classic midcentury armchairs, salvaged-wood tables, a quirky collection of salt figurines amid the clothing. Read the full story here.

Why Do People Choose Antique Dining Tables? If what you need is simply a smooth, flat surface on which to eat your meals, do a jigsaw puzzle  or somewhere for the kids to do their homework, the chances are you probably don’t need an antique dining table, for all of these things any old dining […]

Today we are taking a peek at a very large and impressive Antique Boardroom Table, or Conference Table, which is supplied with 16 matching chairs and which will grace the boardroom, meeting room or conference room of any organisation. Antique furniture says something about its owner. It can say “here is a person...

Many authors believe that where you write is as important as what you write; the belief being that the actual surface that you write on and the space in which it is situated are contributory the the finished item. Children’s author, Michael Morpurgo, for example, used to write on his bed, finding it to be...