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Your Guide to Antique Art Deco Period Furniture

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....
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The World’s Most Inspiring Antique Desks

Check some truly inspiring world’s greatest writers’ antique desks. We offer beautiful antique desks in the same styles. Great works need the right stimulation which is why having a suitable desk is so important. Over the ages, the world’s greatest writers have shown unbridled creativity working from some truly...

In Safe Hands

Regent Antiques is always happy to hear from those who have purchased our fine antique furniture items. As such, it pleased us greatly to receive the following message from John and Janey from the East Midlands who recently bought an antique Art Deco walnut dining table and ten chairs from our London antiques...

Your Guide to Victorian Furniture

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...

Antique shopping in Paris: go with your gut

Learn how to choose beautiful Antiques in one of Europe’s top antique hunting destinations. For some, browsing the colourful French flea markets is about finding just the right, unique piece of furniture to adorn the home; for others it is an addictive game of poker, where knowledge is power and the stakes are...

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