The Pimlico Road Design District is celebrating its first year as part of London Design Festival (16 – 24 September) and a series of events has been organised. The area, home to our own iconic store, has long been known as one of London’s most important and well-established areas for interior design, art, antiques and fine furniture. As […]
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So here it is, Ten of the Top Best Antique Shops to visit in London. I’m often asked by decorators and antique enthusiasts to provide a list of shops in London I’d recommend to include in your search for new discoveries and so we’ve put together this mini guide to the 10 best places to […]
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Timothy Langston Fine Art & Antiques already ships around the world, but today we are delighted to announce that, from this week, we will have a presence in the newly launched Wolf Hall Antique Collective in Dallas, Texas. Situated in The Design District as part of the Wolf Hall Antique Collective you will be able […]
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The spiritual figure of Guanyin represents compassion, kindness, love and mercy. The bodhisattva “perceiving the cries of the world” originated in the Sanskrit as ‘Avalokiteśvara’ and soon became a respected figure within Taoism, Buddhism, Chinese folk religion and many more. Introduced alongside Buddhism, the story of Guanyin reached China in the 1st century and travelled to […]
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Still life painting was established as an independent genre of art in the 17th century. While it derived from beautiful, well observed and arranged details of larger compositions, there is some evidence of earlier still life depictions. Until the 1600s, however, they were never classified in a category of their own as they were seen merely […]
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Fashion Drawings are the basis for any designer’s success and, in time for London’s Fashion Week (18-23 February), we are paying homage to Betty Jones and Sir Norman Hartnell. The former worked as a fashion illustrator for the latter in the late 1960s and together they produced glorious sketches for fashion designs from London’s swinging 60s . The leading British fashion […]
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During the 18th and 19th century, Hall Chairs became a staple in any grand English dwelling. Along with the Hall Stand, a table, stand or pedestal often containing provisions for umbrellas, sticks, hooks, pegs and a central mirror, the Hall Chair formed part of the first impression of a home. A product of the Grand […]
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Nothing starts the New Year quite like the resolution to beautify one’s home and what better way to get inspired than visiting The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair, Battersea Park. Established in 1985, the fair is held three times a year. Many private collectors and interior decorators consider it a great opportunity to pick up a variety […]
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The Hallway is defined as a slender, elongated, walled and roofed structure towards the entrance of a dwelling. Once used to live in, hallways nowadays function as a means to arrive at rooms that are partitioned from this part of a home. More than just a windbreaker to its adjoining rooms, hallways have a functionality about them that […]
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This contemporary piece of furniture is both useful, but also immensely entertaining. The extraordinary digital coffee table, measuring 47 inches wide, 23 inches deep, 15 3/4 inches high, contains a miniature city built entirely from computer hardware. At this, its protagonist (a toy model of a gorilla) is playing havoc with the urban electricity, setting in motion a psychedelic light show with changing colours as […]
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We love all things Italian at Timothy Langston. To celebration our Italian connection we thought it would be helpful to compile this list of items (in date order!) that we currently stock which are Italian here at the gallery. Of course we are always on looking out for beautiful pieces that capture our imagination, but this […]
Read ArticleThere is something about receiving a handwritten letter: a small envelope which was not mailed by Barclays, HSBC or Lloyds sending depressing news about ones ability to borrow (or lack thereof), but rather a crisp piece of paper immortalising someone’s thoughts in ink; the content of which, told by a friend, family member or lover, are brought to life by the […]
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