It´s been a long lovely summer..

..without any new posts but we have had a lot of press during this time of recuperation.

You may have seen us in Sköna Hem where our stool was on the cover (yes I know- not very significant in that shot, no..). It was a lovely story from Gotland, where I actually spent these last two months, and the Villa Muramaris, well worthy of your visit, I can tell you!

Here´s the whole image

 http://w  ww.muramaris.se/

http://www.skonahem.com/inspirerande-hem/hemreportage/antikt-pa-muramaris-1/

Gods och Gårdar (which, sadly, doesn´t have a website yet so I can´t show you all the photos) borrowed a lot of stuff from us for stories in two consecutive issues. The first one was styled by Inger Wachtmeister and I think it was shot by Anna Kern. To the right is a fantastic rococo desk and to the left one of a pair of ladies working tables.

 The other issue is styled by Cathrine Lindberg and shot by Martin Cederblad.

 

Here is a portrait of one of the lovliest pieces we have ever had. And yes, it is sold.

And yes, I am sad.

It´s one of those "If this was a person, we would be friends" pieces.

Next time I will show you my favorite pieces from the Quality Auctions last spring.

Until then,

Enjoy!

The 2011 Antique Fair in Stockholm

This years Antique Fair is the première for my collaboration with Mats Freidenfelt and his beautiful antiques. We are now sharing both the shop and our stall at the fair.
We were asked to participate in a newscast on TV4 sending live from the fair yesterday morning. The theme was "Provenance" so we decided to talk about my cabinets with provenance from Forsby Herrgård.
As I participated in a similar newscast 2 years ago we thought it was time for Mats to go through same ordeal...

Take a look

At the time of the shoot we were far from ready with loads of work to do. We finally finished about 15 minutes before the opening. I will hopefully have time to take some photos today and post them asap.
Until then, enjoy Mats' performance!

On display this week

At this time of year when the daylight lasts well into the evening it´s difficult to get a good shot of the window in the shop...

We have a new fantastic demi lune with a original paint in a beautiful greenish grey shade. These are not easy to find these days when most demi lunes have been heavily patinated...
And on top is a very charming box from Västergötland with decorations of a wreath and a very unusual provincial version of the Swedish Shield, two different sets of 19th century glasses and a carafe of turbine model.
Under the table are a group of botanicals where the flowers are not taped to the paper which usually is the case but carefully stiched in place!

At the other end in front of a pale blue baroque door is a gorgeous armchair in white original paint with the most fantastic carvings. I have never seen anything similar to this. A personal favorite indeed! Placed on the seat are two silver saltines from the rococo period. They are dated 1750 and 1752 and are made in London. So graceful.
This month we are also featured in Gods och Gårdar so I placed the magazine in the chair as well, the photos in the article are beautiful. Unfortunately it´s not possible to link to the magazine, they really need to update their website...

Antik och Auktion.. just det ja!

Jag hade faktiskt glömt att Antik och Auktion var på besök i butiken, det måste vara ett år sen!
Men när telefonen började ringa och folk frågade om reportage kom jag ihåg..
Charlotte Breimer Törnqvist, fotografen Milis Smith och jag stökade runt i den trånga butiken under några roliga timmar och resultatet blev ett gäng härliga bilder!
Här ovan är några av bilderna från tidningen.

The Swedish magazine Antik och Auktion did a photo shoot in the shop over a year ago. And now it´s out! I had completely forgotten about it..
Here are some of the images featured in the article.