Our monthly guide to decorative accessories, unique antiques and beautiful textiles that will add character and colour to your home

EDITED BY ROSANNA MORRIS & CAROLINE WHEATER

Pretty Pairings

Renowned for its handcrafted products, historic British manufacturer David Hunt Lighting has released a new metal Scallop collection that’s the perfect mix of traditional and modern, designed to work in both colourful contemporary spaces and eclectic, layered interiors. Featuring a decorative bell top and a modern straight edge, the pendant is hand-painted with a two-tone scallop design. Select from 10 heritage paint colours or choose bespoke shades from any leading paint brand to create a unique piece. £390. davidhuntlighting.co.uk

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Antiques Housekeeping

CLASSIC LINES

The new slimline Chesterfield design from Sofas & Stuff is a refresh of a classic. Influenced by an antique sofa from a house in Norfolk, the new Holt range has a squared, buttoned back, and gently curved arms to cocoon the sitter. From £2,673. sofasandstuff.com

POTTERY & PORCELAIN
When handling pottery or porcelain, be careful to hold it by the main body, not the handles, and if you want to attach a lid more firmly use Blu Tack, not Sellotape, which can damage decoration

THE ART OF NATURE

House of Hackney’s new eco paint collection takes its cues from the natural world, with shades of minerals, roots, rocks and berries translated into gorgeous colours including Orpiment, Madder, Jadeite, Azurite and Dahlia. ‘Taking care of mother nature is at the heart of what we do, so our new paint collection is an ode to her everchanging colourful ways,’ says co-founder Frieda Gormley. The Art of Nature paint comes in two finishes – eggshell and emulsion – priced from £39, and every tin sold enables House of Hackney to purchase and protect 35 square metres of forest in partnership with the World Land Trust. houseofhackney.com

UNDER THE CLOCHE

Lovers of Victorian-style gardening tools, rejoice! Left languishing, long-forgotten in potting sheds and at the bottom of gardens for decades, few original cast-iron and glass cloches from the 19th century have survived in good condition. But, thankfully, Claverton Cloches manufactures and sells new versions. From £395. clavertoncloches.com

WOVEN TOGETHER

Roger Oates Design has collaborated with A Rum Fellow to create the company’s boldest and brightest collection of flatweave runners and rugs yet. The union explores global representations of colour as a form of expression, reimagining traditional weaving and embroidery techniques to find a shared creative identity. A woven diamond pattern is at the heart of the collection, which has four designs in 10 vibrant new hues. A favourite is the Morella design in Amber, with its earth-toned stripes and orange dots. rogeroates.com

CELEBRATORY VESSELS

Antiques lovers and fans of artist Debbie George’s work will be doubly pleased that she’s created paper Pottery Bunting featuring six decorative jug designs. You could save the bunting for a celebration (the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, perhaps) or string them up as a permanent display along windows, bookshelves, dressers and mantelpieces. £10.80. cannsdownpress.co.uk

FUTURE HEIRLOOMS

Designers at John Lewis & Partners have delved into the archives and come up with a new collection that mixes influences, eras, patterns and shapes, including the incredibly popular ‘bobbin’ detailing on furniture. The Heirloom Collection embraces our current love of pattern and colour, and features more coloured furniture options than ever before. johnlewis.com

NEEDLE WORK NEEDS

A new collaboration between The Tolstoy Edit and fabric artist Natasha Hulse taps into a renewed appreciation for the handsewn, with appliquéd lampshade designs inspired by a 19th-century Russian Paisley textile and the back of an Uzbek Aina Khalta. £765. thetolstoyedit.com

WHAT TO SELL NOW

LATE VICTORIAN JEWELLERY

Lindsay Beardmore, Fellows

Condition is key when buying anything at auction, especially when it comes to pieces of antique jewellery. Recently, we have had the pleasure of seeing some beautiful examples of late Victorian diamond brooches come in for valuation and subsequent sale. This style of brooch has a timeless appeal, and might have sparkled on a jacket lapel, at the neck of a blouse or on a woman’s evening dress. As jewellery tends to be, they are often passed down through families who are unaware of their worth today and the impressive prices they can fetch at auction. Last September, at our Fine Jewellery sale, a late Victorian silver and gold, old-and rose-cut diamond crescent brooch made £2,680, and a late Victorian silver and gold, old-cut diamond star brooch sold for £3,700. If you have a brooch of similar quality, you could have a nice little nest egg tucked away.

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WHAT TO BUY NOW

‘TOY’ TEAWARES

Caroline Dennard, Halls

From around 1750 onwards, young women of good families were bought miniature china tea and coffee sets, to practise the art of hosting; an important ritual in the social life of the times. Pottery factories made ‘toy’ versions of their full-sized services, so that the ‘little Miss’ of the household could make and pour beverages from pots made of porcelain, creamware, pearlware and, later, bone china. As tea-drinking took off in the mid 19th century, the manufacture of these sets proliferated and many Staffordshire potteries added them to their order books. At auction, you can find pieces of toy teaware for £20 upwards, with even rare pieces in the low hundreds of pounds. At Halls, we recently sold the Enid and Bruce Moulder collection of children’s antique teawares, which included a Rogers pearlware toy tea service, c1815–20, sold for £40; a Davenport teapot, c1840–50, which made £170; and two sprigged English pearlware teapots, c1800, sold for £50. Antique toy teawares are inexpensive, and look lovely when displayed together.

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Garden flowers

From spring tulips to cascading wisteria, our wallpaper and fabric choices are inspired by the wonders of an English country garden in full colour

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In Full Bloom

Grow your own style with our selection of pretty floral accessories

1 Foxgloves A5 print, £20, Gemma Koomen

2 Camellia Petit wall light lampshade in Apricot Orange, £95, with small Bride lamp base, £100, both Rosi de Ruig

3 Tulips 160x320cm linen tablecloth, £100, Emma Bridgewater

4 Aracelli rug, from £98, Anthropologie

5 Vintage floral enamel tray, £22, Hark Vintage

6 Piped Jean Monro cushion cover, £85, Village London Co

7 The Petunia mug, £12.50, Quince & Cook

8 Crosby frilled throw cushion in Paddock Green, £85, Sharland England

9 Fabulous floral piped footstool in colourful velvet, £85, Fy

10 Hampton armchair in Wildflowers Cerise fabric, £1,942, Sofas & Stuff