The House Directory - Antiques & 20th Century Classics - English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Items

The Blanchard Collective

Littlecote Road, Froxfield, Nr Malborough, Wiltshire, SN8 3JY

Email: margaret@blanchardcollective.com Web: www.blanchardcollective.com

Within easy reach of London and other popular areas, The Blanchard Collective is housed in purpose-built premises of 6000sq ft. The 18 separate dealers specialise in antiques, contemporary furniture and decorative items - there's a very wide choice of pieces, from the traditional to the downright quirky. They supply trade buyers, and are a particularly good source for interior designers.

Decorative Collective

Office: Unit 8E, Millers Close, Fakenham Industrial Estate, Fakenham, Norfolk, NR21 8NW
Tel: 01328-856333

Email: info@decorativecollective.com Web: www.decorativecollective.com

The Decorative Collective was started by Jill Perry and Jane Walton. Both are antique dealers who felt there was a need for a one stop shop aimed at decorators and designers looking for a convenient way of viewing quickly a selection of decorative antiques, contemporary items and classical pieces, displayed in a professional and modern arrangement, but where they could also buy from trusted and knowledgeable sources. They also have a 'Search Request' form for clients who would like to leave details of items they are looking for. This select group of dealers offers a broad range of items from the fun and inexpensive to the fabulous.

Hilary Batstone Antiques

8 Holbein Place, London, SW1W 8NL
Tel/Fax: 020-7730 5335

Email: mail@hilarybatstone.com Web: www.hilarybatstone.com

Hilary Batstone opened her first shop in 1980. Now she runs her charming, all white, antiques shop in Holbein Place, SW1, a few steps from London's famous Pimlico Road. Known for its spare, elegant and modern approach, her shop is a magnet for decorators & private buyers from all over the world. She always stocks pretty upholstered furniture, Venetian and other decorative mirrors, chandeliers and Art Deco lamps.

Jamb

97 Pimlico Road, London, SW1W 8PH
Tel: 020-7730 2122

Email: info@jamblimited.com Web: www.jamblimited.com

Jamb’s founder Will Fisher has built a reputation for dealing in the world’s finest and most interesting antique chimneypieces and lighting. Under the name Hawker Antiques, he also sources antique furniture in the Country House tradition – tables and desks, seating, bookcases and cabinets, mirrors, lighting, ornaments and objects. The current collection can be viewed in the showroom and on the website The London showroom captures the classical English Country House aesthetic at the centre of the Jamb design ethos.

Julia Boston

588 King's Road, London, SW6 2DX
Tel: 020-7610 6783 Fax: 020-7610 6784

Email: julia@juliaboston.com Web: www.juliaboston.com

18th and 19th century English and continental furniture; mainly French or Italian parquetry or walnut commodes, English or continental dining or occasional tables and fine French fauteuils. Decorative lighting and accessories. Antique prints and 19th century tapestry cartoons, the full-size designs from which Aubussons and other tapestries were woven.

Max Rollitt

The Old Telephone Exchange, Station Road, Alresford, Hampshire, SO24 9JG
Tel: 01962-738800 Tel: 07771-960393

Email: sales@maxrollitt.com Web: www.maxrollitt.com

Max Rollitt has just opened a new shop in Alresford, Hampshire, with room to show all the varied wares he stocks. On display will be a large selection of antiques, from the very finest eighteenth century furniture, in mahogany and walnut, through to the sculptural and the primitive. For the first time his full range of new bespoke sofas and chairs, various fire surrounds, lanterns, lighting, ceramics and textiles - which fit in with his comfortable yet elegant look - will be available to see in one place. There will also be a whole load of bits and bobs, objects and curios that help make any house complete.

Rose Uniacke

76-78 Pimlico Road, London, SW1W 8PL
Tel: 020-7730 7050

Email: mail@roseuniacke.com Web: www.roseuniacke.com

Interior designer Rose Uniacke's shop on the Pimlico Road offers a covetable changing stock of furniture, from classical to modern. Rose sells important named pieces from the some of the 20th century's most admired designers as well as 17th-19th century English and Continental furniture. Plus there's a new collection of contemporary furniture, all based on outstanding or particularly cherished pieces she owns. Items can be made or customised to order. She also designs and makes her own range of cashmere blankets, silk, linen and cashmere throws, and sheep and goatskin rugs.

Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler Antiques

39 Brook Street, London, W1K 4JE
Tel: 020-7493 2231

Web: www.colefaxantiques.com

An eclectic mix of 18th, 19th and 20th century English and continental furniture, decorative objects, china, pictures, mirrors, lamps. Their showroom is an old townhouse with wonderful 18th century rooms including the butter yellow drawing room of Nancy Lancaster.

STRINGER Antiques & Interiors

annabel stringer interiors-addr-01: Milk Studios, 13b Hewer Street, London, W10 6DU
Tel: 07879-638742

Email: info@stringerinteriors.com Web: www.stringerinteriors.com

Annabel Stringer has worked successfully as an interior designer for over 12 years, after completing training at KLC School of Design. The refreshing interiors she designs reflect her contemporary good taste, which combined with classic furniture and accessories, ensure timeless and individualistic rooms. Passionate about scouring antique markets, she has recently launched a business specialising in decorative antiques from a tucked-away storage unit in Notting Hill. By appointment only.