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Our two-day research project conference, which took place at Temple Newsam House, Leeds in April 2016, was an opportunity to participate in, and hear about, research into the history of the British Antique Trade in the 20th century. Click here for details of the conference. We gratefully acknowledge the following for their support of the...
The interactive map shows the changing history of the locations of antique dealers in Britain from 1900 to 2000, and the relationships between antique dealers and the objects that they sold to other dealers, to collectors and to museums.
Our interactive website is starting to come together. Mark (Sparky) Wales is currently modelling and testing the wesbite and we now are starting to populate it with real data from our research team.
The Antique Dealers project is seeking volunteer help from Local and Family Historians, or anyone interested in contributing to the project. You don't need to have any expertise on the history of the antique trade, but a keen eye for accuracy would be needed. We have composed a little poster.....
The Antique Dealers project had a significant boost today by being front page news on the Antiques Trade weekly newspaper: The Antiques Trade Gazette. The editors at the ATG have been really supportive and have offered to allow use access to their extensive archives. You read the Antiques Trade Gazette editorial here: ATG.
We have recently discovered 2 volumes clippings and photographs of antique furniture, ceramics, glass and silver etc that came from the antique dealers Stair & Andrew. The volumes appear to have been visual resources for the directors of Stair & Andrew, and bear several stamps 'Stair and Andrew Ltd., Director'. The volumes are undated, but appear to date from the period around 1910-1915.
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.....
We have our first meeting with our new Advisory Board in a couple of weeks. The initial Advisory Board project meeting takes place at the Victoria & Albert Museum on Friday 11th October 2013.
Throughout the 20th century antique dealers have regularly published catalogues of their stock and these offer a fascinating insight into the practices of the trade and the changing tastes for antiques.