Miscellaneous & Interesting

From a Rolex dealer’s promotional display piece to a seven foot tall mahogany antique longcase clock dating from the early 1800s, Regent Antiques are always on the lookout for antique clocks and other fine timepieces to offer to our customers. Take, for example, this Rolex-Style Oyster Cosmograph Daytona Wall...

Quite a lot actually! Our expert buyers have managed to locate some lovely pieces this month but we’d like to start by drawing your attention to this very special antique 5ft diameter calamander table with 6 Regency dining chairs: Tables of this type and quality only come along occasionally. The table top itself...

Some antique furniture can feel heavy, ancient and overly ornate – Art Deco furniture offers a radical alternative for the collector inspired by twentieth century modernism. The origins of the Art Deco movement – the Roaring Twenties After the horrors of the First World War and the demise of the old Empires,...

For its time, Art Deco furniture was truly avant garde, boasting a combination of stylised lines, vivid colours, and playful motifs. First seen at the International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts in 1925 in Paris, the style flourished in the optimistic global environment after World War One....

In terms of furniture, the Victorian Period (1837-1901) was largely one of reproduction and imitation and was influenced by a range of styles – sometimes to be found together in one piece. Eclectic style, lots of ornamentation, dark finish, and generously upholstered furniture – these are all typical of...