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"I’ve known Lorfords for many years, and I’ll never forget walking into their shop in Tetbury for the first time. A treasure trove, where you cannot fail to find the perfect piece to fit into your interior project."
Nina Campbell, Interior Designer
"We love our regular foraging of the stock at Lorfords for our Pig hotel projects and always end up buying lots of interesting things……..often with irresistible purchases for our home too."
Robin & Judy Hutson, The Pig Hotels
"Lorfords is a wonderful resource for both made to order furniture, lighting and antiques. We are consistently impressed with the availability of stock which is invaluable at the installation stage of a project"
Joanna Plant, Interior Designer
Latest Arrivals
- Large Industrial Framed MirrorLarge 19th Century industrial window frame converted to a decorative mirror. Circa 1890.£2,800.00In stock
- 19th Century Swedish Two Part Bookcase19th Century Swedish bookcase. Re-painted in soft grey on the outside with a grey/blue interior. The top half has four adjustable shelves. Original glass and hardware. Circa 1840.£5,800.00In stock
- Period 18th Century Swedish Rococo Secretary18th Century Swedish secretarie. Fabulous period shape with a fall front desk opening to a useful workspace with drawers. Below further storage drawers and original hardware throughout. Re-painted in black.£4,700.00In stock
- 19th Century Rococo Style Tea Table19th Century Rococo style tea table. With one drawer and two pull-out candle holders. Re-painted in soft black.£2,800.00In stock
- 19th Century Gustaivain Buffet with Fall Front DeskMagnificent 19th Century Gustavian period buffer of large proportions. With original paint, this buffet features a fall front desk with decorative oval-reeded panels. A very useful decorative storage piece.£6,700.00In stock
- Swedish 19th Century Neo Gothic Centre TableSwedish 19th Century Neo gothic centre table. With a decorative column base and turned feet. Re-painted in soft black.£3,200.00In stock
- Swedish 19th Century Neo Gothic Centre TableSwedish 19th Century Neo gothic centre table. With a decorative column base and turned feet. Re-painted in soft black.£3,200.00In stock
- 18th Century Swedish Original Rococo TableA period Swedish Rococo table with two drawers and one short drop leaf. In completely untouched original Salmon pink paint.£3,200.00In stock
- Pair of 19th Century Swedish Gustavian FootstoolsPair of 19th Century Gustavian footstools. Repainted in soft grey and newly covered in linen.£2,800.00In stock
- Early Swedish 19th Century Rococo SecretaryEarly 19th Century Rococo secretary. With a decorative carved pediment with two doors opening to storage. With a fall front desk opening to writing space. With drawers below two short and two long drawers. Repainted in soft black with a green interior.£5,400.00In stock
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Pair of 19th Century Mahogany And Leather Desk Chairs
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- Large Mid Century Bleached Elm Extending TableThe 'Grand Windsor 444' by Ercol from the 1960's. Solid elm top and beech legs, bleached light finish. This table is 153 cm when closed, extending to 224 cm, to seat up to 10 people when open. The drop-in leaves are stored neatly underneath.In stock
- Set of Ten Mid Century Carl Jacobs 'Jason' ChairsGorgeous set of ten Jason chairs designed by Carl Jacobs & Frank Guille for Kandya. The Jason chair was designed by the Danish designer Carl Jacobs but was manufactured by Kandya, a British firm. This lightweight, stackable, chair has gently tapering splayed legs that are typical of Danish design of the period.The seat and back of the chair are folded from a single sheet of flexible plywood that wraps around the chair and joins below the seat in an expressive, though functionless, jigsaw puzzle type connection. In America the Eames and Eero Saarinen were experimenting with moulding single-piece chair seats and backs, but it required far simpler technology to bend plywood to achieve the same effect, as with this chair. Principally designed for domestic use, the Jason chair was in continuous production for almost twenty years, with metal legs as an option. In 1952 three hundred were installed in the South Bank Restaurant on the site of the Festival of Britain. This set has the solid metal leg option, finished in ivory with a black foot. The bentwood seats have been cleaned back to a more contemporary bleached wood finish.£5,500.00In stock
- 20th Century Spanish Nijar Bowl20th century Spanish hand-crafted and glazed terracotta ‘Lebrillo’ (bowl) from Nijar, Andalusia. The bowl features traditional vibrant Moorish green and blue hand-painted Spanish motifs over a milk-white glaze.Early 1900s£580.00In stock
- 20th Century Quimper VaseUnusual Quimper-Henriot vase with twisted handles earthenware with polychrome vegetable decoration in register.Signed "Henriot Quimper France" on the reverse. 1922-1968 Bibliography: "Philippe THÉALLET & Bernard Jules VERLINGUE, "Encyclopedia of ceramics of Quimper III", eds de la Reinette, 2005, the model reproduced p. 378.£745.00In stock
- Pair of Mid-Century Satin Brass Ceiling LightsPair of Mid-Century ceiling lights by Sciolari with hanging glass spheres. Model scarcely found in brass.£2,500.00In stock
- Contemporary Handwoven Oushak CarpetThe weaving workshops of Western Anatolia, where Oushak carpets such as this piece were originally made, have a rich history, stretching back at least as far as the Early Modern era – as the 14th Century explorer Marco Polo once wrote, ‘here they make the most beautiful silks and carpets in the world, and with the most beautiful colours.’ During the 19th Century, these rugs began to be woven in Persia, tailored specifically for the Western market, and these are often seen in historic homes across the UK and Europe.This carpet, finely handwoven in Iran in wool-on-wool technique – just as the 19th Century Oushak carpets originally would have been – represents a contemporary reimagination of these high-end earlier pieces, and features a grand scale drawing, with a spacious, elegant composition - especially in relation to its smaller, furnishing size format - to which the pale sky blue tone of the central field and wide ivory border add a great sense of depth and richness.A stylish example to complement a tasteful setting.£5,000.00In stock
- 20th Century Italian Brass Display Cabinet20th Century Italian brass display cupboard on ebonised base.With a large glazed door and two opening handles this cabinet has three glass shelves and is lovely quality. Dating around 1900£3,200.00In stock
OUR STORY
Lorfords has been a continually evolving project since 2001.
Toby Lorford escaped London and the trappings of broadcast and PR at the end of the 90s, slowly following his father's footsteps in buying and selling old things. By 2003 the first Lorfords Antiques shop was trading in Tetbury... two years later Lorfords moved into its home at 30 Long Street and has never looked back.