Collecting

Celebrate the life of Florence Knoll

Florence Knoll: celebrate the life of an icon

An antique printers tray is mounted on the wall and used to display a collection of small curios

How to organise your home using antiques

Antiques Roadshow expert Paul Atterbury on Augustus Pugin

An illustration by Polly Fearne showing bidders in a salesroom

Collecting Guides

A beginners guide to buying at auction

A woman holds a silver-gilt candelabra, one of a pair whilst wearing gloves

How do I clean my antique candle holders?

Vintage and antique teapot guide: how to collect teapots and history of tea drinking in Britain

An Art Nouveau advert for Olsina Water Paints

Art nouveau: the history, the designers, the antiques

Angel Strawbridge of Escape to the Chateau on her passion for vintage

An Iznik pottery dish Turkey, early 17th Century

How to buy antiques from the Ottoman Empire

A dark grey dining room decorated for Christmas. The dinner table is decorated with antique pewter jugs, mophead hydrangeas and a string of neon pink pompoms.

How to create a dark and moody Christmas

Rare literary classics guide: how to judge a first edition and how to build a collection

George Clarke stood outside

Architect and presenter George Clarke on his converted 1979 caravan and love for Robin Day furniture

Man cleaning an antique longcase clock

Antiques guide: how to set up an antique longcase or Grandfather clock

Eames hanger shot on white

The history of the Eames hang it all coat hanger

Anglepoise original 1227 lamp

Everything you didn’t know about the Anglepoise lamp