Monthly Archives: December 2017

The Elephants Can Sleep a Little Easier

Posted on 31st December 2017 by Jack Plane

Earlier this week one of Australia’s pre-eminent auction houses, Leonard Joel, submitted its policy on the cessation of trade in ivory and rhino horn to the European Commission’s public consultation regarding European trade in these materials. In their 22nd Report, released … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year

Posted on 31st December 2017 by Jack Plane

Cheers to everyone who took the time to read my posts over the past year, and a special thank you to those who commented on them. Wishing all my readers happiness and prosperity in 2018. Jack Plane

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New Book | The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale Junior

Posted on 30th December 2017 by Jack Plane

Judith Goodison, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale Junior (Philip Wilson, 2017), 464 pages, ISBN: 9781781300565, £65 / $95. The Chippendale cabinet-making firm, founded by Thomas Chippendale senior in about 1750 became famous partly through the successful publication of … Continue reading →

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Chippendale 300

Posted on 29th December 2017 by Jack Plane

Thomas Chippendale: A Celebration of Craftsmanship and Design, 1718-2018 9 February – 9 June 2018, Leeds City Museum, LS2 8BH, UK This exhibition celebrates the life and work of Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779), Britain’s most famous furniture maker. It will be the … Continue reading →

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Season’s Greetings

Posted on 24th December 2017 by Jack Plane

Whatever your persuasion and situation, I wish you all well during the festive season. Edward Penny, The Mistletoe or Christmas Gambols, circa 1796, (LWL) Jack Plane

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Picture This CXVI

Posted on 21st December 2017 by Jack Plane

This splendid early eighteenth-century walnut breakfront chest-on-stand comprises a number of features that stylistically, span several decades: The chest’s frame-and-panel gables’ origin is in the last quarter of the seventeenth-century; the double bead drawer aperture moulding enjoyed popularity from 1700 … Continue reading →

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Picture This CXV

Posted on 14th December 2017 by Jack Plane

I have mentioned dealer sophistry before, but specious descriptions of antique furniture are sadly becoming ever more prevalent (I will save a discussion on the possible reasons for another time). The vendor of the Windsor chair in figure 1 described … Continue reading →

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