Antique Dealers Project - archives and sources

A selection of Antique Dealer invoices. Private Collection

The Antique Dealers Project will be investigating a wide range of archives and sources.  Archives generated by dealers themselves are relatively rare, but we already have identified some key archives across the UK. There are also a number of archives in the USA, which we are planning to take a look at during the course of the research project.

Advertisements produced by the Antique Trade are also proving to be a fascinating resource - this small advertising brochure produced by R.W. Partridge, London, in c.1910, includes a photograph of what was described as the 'Chippendale Gallery' at their shop in St James's Street........

Advertisement produced by R.W. Partridge, London, c.1910.