Overview
Below are a list of useful links to websites, resources, dealers and organisations that we like, think are useful or are interesting in the context of furniture, history, design etc.
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Above: An interior at St Fagans Open-air Museum featuring a wheel-back Windsor chair and a cricket table.
Furniture Research ~ Museums
Museum of the Home
(London, UK)
museumofthehome.org.uk
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V&A
(London, UK)
vam.ac.uk
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Wallace Collection
(London, UK)
wallacecollection.org
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Frederick Parker Collection
(London, UK)
frederickparkercollection.org.uk
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Kettle’s Yard
(Cambridge, UK)
kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk
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Wycombe Museum
(High Wycombe, UK)
wycombemuseum.org.uk
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Gordon Russell Design Museum
(Worcestershire, UK)
gordonrusselldesignmuseum.org
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Musée des Arts Décoratifs
(Paris, France)
madparis.fr
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Musée de l’École de Nancy
(Nancy, France)
musee-ecole-de-nancy.nancy.fr
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Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy
(Nancy, France)
musee-des-beaux-arts.nancy.fr
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Bauhaus Museum
(Berlin, Germany)
bauhaus.de
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Vitra Design Museum
(Weil am Rhein, Germany
vitra.com
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RSGA Design Museum
(Culemborg, Netherlands)
rsgadesign.com
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Above: Traditional Welsh spoons in another interior at St Fagans Open-air Museum.
Furniture Research ~ Websites
Ercol Archive
ercol.com
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Retro Vintage Website
retrovintageonline.co.uk
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Furniture Styles Website
furniturestyles.net
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The Chippendale Society
thechippendalesociety.co.uk
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Above: Alvar Aalto, Mid-Century furniture for sale at one of the ‘Modern Shows’ – (www.modernshows.com).
Sourcing
Vinterior
vinterior.co
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Pamono
pamono.co.uk
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1st Dibs
1stdibs.com
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Jamb
jamb.co.uk
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Robert Young Antiques
robertyoungantiques.com
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Two Columbia Road
twocolumbiaroad.co.uk
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Modern Shows
modernshows.com
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Above: Orkney chair at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge.
Materials (furniture care)
Brookers
(wax, polish etc.)
tbrooker.co.uk
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Jenkins
(wax, polish etc.)
ws-jenkins.co.uk
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Mylands
(wax, polish etc.)
mylands.com
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SL Hardwood
(timber/turning blanks)
slhardwoods.co.uk
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Capital Crispin
(veneer)
capitalcrispin.com
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Brass Castings
(fittings)
brasscastings.co.uk
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Clerkenwell Screws
(hardware specialists)
t: 020 7405 6504
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L . Cornelissen & Son
(gilding)
cornelissen.com
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Tim’s Art Supplies
(gilding)
timsartsupplies.co.uk
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Above: Vernacular/Folk furniture at Weald & Downland Living Museum.
Historic Interiors & Vernacular Architecture
Weald & Downland Living Museum
wealddown.co.uk
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St Fagans Open-air Museum
museum.wales/stfagans
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Ulster Folk Museum
ulsterfolkmuseum.org
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The SPAB
spab.org.uk
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Above: One of the many beautiful timber-framed cottages at the Weald & Downland Living Museum.
Local History (Hitchin & Surrounding Areas)
Hitchin Historical Society
hitchinhistoricals.org.uk
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Hitchin Museum
northhertsmuseum.org
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British Schools Museum
britishschoolsmuseum.org.uk
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The Letchworth Garden City Society
lgcs.org.uk
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Stevenage Museum
stevenage.gov.uk/stevenage-museum
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Furniture Repair in Hitchin 