Homes & Antiques - June 2015

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H&A WELCOME IN WITH BEHIND THE SCENES THE OLD Team H&A have been busy F or all of us at H&A, this month has been about interviewing, researching and mixing old and new, as we find our stride with collating the best stories on antiques your new-look magazine and bring you a fresh and new design for you this month. take on antiques. We hope you enjoy the results! A highlight was our shoot showing The more we talk to you, the more we discover that fresh ways to decorate with antique most of us, quite literally, live with a mix of old and suzanis, with photographer Katya new. It’s those homes that effortlessly fuse styles to create a scheme De Grunwald and stylist Marisa that’s unique and has personality that I admire most. In this issue, Daly. See it on page 42. our readers’ homes all feature inspiring collections and offer ideas on how to use colour, form, texture and pattern to unite the beautiful – but sometimes disparate – pieces that their owners treasure. We were also lucky enough to gain exclusive access to the newly opened art deco-style rooms at Eltham Palace, the glamorous millionaire’s mansion once considered futuristic in its design, which has a new layer of history to explore within its 18th-century exterior. Join art deco expert Eric Knowles for a tour on page 92. The only downside of working on a title where you get glimpses into the eclectic, artistic or glamorous homes of others is that your own four walls can start to look a little predictable! But editing H&A means that you’re never short of interiors inspiration – we hope you feel equally inspired when reading the issue. Grant Scott; Jack Grayson; ‘Alpana’ suzani chair, £375, Graham & Green SA M AN T H A SCOT T-JEFFR IES 5 things you will learn this issue… Follow us… IDEAS FROM HOMES SUZANIS SALE STORY DESIGN HISTORY AUCTION TIPS FOLLOW THE H&A TEAM… The homes in this issue The exquisitely embroidered Starter for 10… University Early teapots were prone to Establish eye contact with are full of ideas, such as textiles that are on-trend Challenge presenter Bamber crack and explode. Royal an auctioneer so that you … on Facebook, Twitter, pasting inside a cupboard this summer have origins Worcester designed the first can then make subtle bids Pinterest and Instagram with French receipts. Voilà! in the 15th century Gascoigne has inherited in sturdier china in 1751 – just one of our insider tips for regular updates and a country estate of note to find out which fairs p64 p42 p134 p141 we’ll be visiting p126 H&A JUNE 2015 3

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CONTENTS June Exclusive Eltham THE JOURNAL 92 A return to glamour In an H&A exclusive, art deco 15The Journal Get a head expert Eric Knowles previews newly opened rooms start on summer with at the 1930s Eltham Palace, the stylish millionaire’s mansion H&A’s round-up of the best auctions, exhibitions and fairs 6 H&A JUNE 2015 29Gordon Watson Our columnist describes the unique Tibetan painting that had the V&A come knocking 31Shopping Pretty pastels perfect for the early summer, Victorian-inspired garden tools and accessories, plus stools for stylish perching 36Dream weaver Weaver Angie Parker’s textile designs are setting her on the path to a bright future H&A LIFESTYLE 42Rich in tradition The finely embroidered textiles of central Asia have inspired western interiors for half a century. Celia Rufey explores the history and resurgence of the suzani 54Sculpture, serenity and splendour Antiques dealer Peter Hone has created a shrine to statuary in his London apartment. Judith Miller casts an expert eye over Peter’s dining room display 64Colonial living Using romantic 19th-century antiques, Emma Clarke has created a sense of faded grandeur in her Kent home 74Art house Mark Rochester and Martin Storey have filled their vividly coloured Devon home with Poole Pottery, Staffordshire figures and vibrant textiles



45 CONTENTS June 135 31 84Vintage hunter Rhiannon 148Travel diary Eleanor 142 105 Southwell has created a O’Kane rounds up charming and playful family this month’s best day trips 75 26 home using her collection of and destinations vintage treasures, picked up 8 H&A JUNE 2015 from fairs, boot sales and 150Let’s go to… Ludlow reclamation yards This Shropshire town is a feast for both 100A grand scheme the eyes and the stomach In the second of her three-part series 152June fair dates Our on historical garden guide to this month’s design, Cinead McTernan best fairs, with exclusive ticket considers the appeal of offers for H&A readers Italianate style THE GUIDE REGULARS 1118 steps to a glorious 10Mailbox Expert garden room Paula appraisals, reader Wood explains how glazed stories and the latest from extensions can fill your home Homes & Antiques online with light and capitalise on garden views 27Competition Win £3,000 worth 120Auction focus of stylish garden furniture Evocative vintage travel posters are a great 38Subscribe and save investment and, as Caroline Get 12 issues of Homes Wheater discovers, reflect a & Antiques on your iPad, golden age of luxury travel tablet or phone for just £34.99 126Treasures of a duchess 107Reader offer Buy The estate sale a durable storage of one-time society beauty bench for only £169 the Duchess of Roxburghe reveals the hoarded treasures 133Coming next month of a fascinating woman High summer inspiration – H&A’s July 13410 key stories issue is out on 28th May in the history of the teapot Originally based 155Competition Win on the designs of wine ewers, one of 25 pairs of the much-loved teapot has tickets to the 10th anniversary appeared in many guises in Decorative Living Fair its 600-year history 168Reader offer Eat 141The H&A survival guide out and see Imelda to auctions Whatever Staunton in West End hit it is you’re hunting for, it’s Gypsy for only £95 likely you’ll find it at the auction house. Here’s how 169Shopping directory to make the best bid Full details of this issue’s stockists 146The inside track 170The final lot Interior designer Architectural Kit Kemp reveals where she historian and TV presenter goes for creative inspiration Tom Dyckhoff shares the story and a good rummage of his favourite casserole pot

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H&A Mailbox Send us a tweet, ask advice on Facebook or write to us with good old pen and paper – we’d love to hear from you Quilt crisis Debbie Patterson Boxing clever I really enjoyed the May I purchased this attractive box at auction. article on the history of When I cleaned it I noticed that it was of the quilt. My grandmother particularly high quality. I’m intrigued to used to quilt satin cushion know where it could have come from, when tops in the Durham style in it was made and whether it has any value? the 1950s and I still have ALBERT ARMSTRONG, AUSTRALIA her cardboard patterns. H&A REPLIES I am looking forward to visiting the Kaffe Amy Brenan, Duke’s Auctioneers Fassett exhibition at the Quilt Museum in York. It’s likely to be a snuffbox. The rose-coloured The feature doesn’t metal is probably copper, the yellow one brass mention that the museum and the white one silver (in the absence of marks, is closing at the end of usually found on the base or the rim, it is difficult the year because of lack to be certain). It shows Joan of Arc (1412–31) and of funding. It is a tragedy I would call it late 19th century, when there was that a museum of such a big Joan of Arc revival. It is fitting that this box national importance celebrated Joan of Arc at a time when women were cannot be kept open. becoming more empowered and fighting for their LUCILLE TROTTER, rights. In terms of the subject and the quality of KIRKLEATHAM decoration and materials used, I would suggest it is French – any hallmarks would confirm this. If it’s Making a scrapbook silver, it is worth probably £80–£150 at auction on the basis of it being a really good quality one I was delighted to find the Sanderson floral print sketchbook along with – if it is base metal, a fraction of this, at £30-£60. my May edition of H&A. It’s just what I needed, as my pile of H&A magazines was growing to such a great height. I shall use your gift as ★ BE OUR a scrapbook to insert all my favourite articles and pictures for future STAR LETTER reference and inspiration – thank you so much. Our star letter* winner will receive I love your magazine and find it stimulating a bottle of Tattinger Brut Réserve and inspiring in so many ways. However, I was with six glasses worth £50, a little disappointed to find that there was no tattinger.com Buy & Sell page in the new issue. I hope that it hasn’t disappeared completely? Write to us at Homes & SUE COTTERILL, WEST YORKSHIRE Antiques, Tower House, Fairfax Street, Bristol H&A REPLIES BS1 3BN or email homesand [email protected] Samantha Scott-Jeffries, H&A editor or use any of our social media channels Thank you for your letter, Sue. We were thrilled to hear how you plan to use your notebook – what a great idea. I am sure that here in the office we will copy you. *UK readers only. Please include a daytime phone number I was sorry to hear that you are disappointed to see the end of the Buy & Sell listings. We have not received enough entries from readers to put this together for some time and felt that this may be down to the success of easy-to-use online auction sites such as eBay. I hope we continue to inspire your shopping and collecting in this issue. 10 H&A JUNE 2015

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H&A Mailbox     INSTAGRAM homes_antiques Charleston House Lewes This brass coal scuttle       Another angle with #Bloomsbury group was given to me by my     portraits. Look out for the shoot in the new- mother-in-law in the look H&A out 2nd April #sneakpeek 1950s. I would like Our Open House series kicked off to know the history with a tour through the vibrant valadon1923, miss_bowers72, vintageatthelake and of it and its value. interior of a home decorated 100 others like this. The front appears to by members of the Bloomsbury say ‘Yelverton Earl of Group. Each year 22,000 members carolaveira Sussex/Suffolk’. of the public visit Charleston amazing! House and we were given an MRS MARGARET PERFECT, OXTED exclusive tour before it reopened annasdrawingroom on 25th March. Keep an eye on Love that place! H&A REPLIES our Instagram to see behind-the- scenes shots on future shoots… deuteronomy8 Mark Longley, Roseberys @aliceandnana I want to go PINTEREST This is an interesting item, used for logs, coal studio184 or coke, and is late 19th to 20th century.      Gorgeous! Several people had the right to the Yelverton arms including Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Antique with Modern, curated by New rareradish Sussex. He held the ancient post of Gentleman Zealand antiques dealer Meredith Lee, Favourite place. Lots of creative spirits of the Bedchamber to George I – holders were is full of inspiration. pinterest.com/ there still guardians of the bedchamber and toilet, but also euroantiques/antique-with-modern dresser, bodyguard and companion. Later millyanddottieemporium Earls of Sussex included Prince Arthur, son of My favourite place! Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, Governor of Canada from 1911. It is difficult to know lou_hb where this piece was used but the Victorian My favourite place too era produced many revivalist styles with no specific connection to the families themselves. joleevers It would fetch £80–£150 at auction. can feel the atmosphere from here... countrystyleliving Ahhh lovely Charleston x SOCIAL MEDIA ❈ Last month we relaunched ❈ Paula of chintzware and hope to see Homes & Antiques with a fresh Casswell a feature on this too. new look. The blue-and-white I was china feature was a particular delighted ❈ Sarah Twigg Doyle Happy favourite. Here’s what you’ve to see the Easter H&A, I thought you’d like my been saying on social media… feature Easter display given the theme of on blue- your May issue (above). As a fan of ❈ Elizabeth Fell and-white blue-and-white china I salute you! @ElizabethFell1 transfer- @homes_antiques printed China in the May edition Makes me want to wear of the magazine. I have been a my new frock! (image from lover and collector of blue-and- @jasmoonbutterfl) pic.twitter. white since my teens. My kitchen com/Xfh8DjHLz4 (pictured on dresser (above) shows just part of the left) my collection. I am also a collector Facebook facebook.com/homesantiques ● Instagram @homes_antiques ● Pinterest pinterest.com/homesantiques ● Twitter @homes_antiques 12 H&A J U NE 2015



























A SALE OF NOTE Behind the brand FILM Parker pens STEALS For over 125 years Parker has patented Tinseltown came to some of the world’s most innovative writing Bonham’s for the instruments. A new dedicated museum in recent Decorative Arts London underlines its noteworthy history Sale that featured fabulous pieces from George S Parker was born in Wisconsin, USA, in 1863 where Hollywood interiors he started out teaching telegraphy (the method of operating telegraph machines). To supplement his teacher’s salary, he Frank sold pens on the side but soon found that the models he was Martin’s selling spurted ink at inopportune moments. George decided etching of that he could do better and started to construct his own pens filing his first the film patent in 1888 aged just 25 years old. This first design became Parker’s star Louise ‘Lucky Curve’ pen, which returned excess ink into the body of the pen, and Brooks by 1908 the factory that he established to produce them was reported to be against the largest pen manufacturer in the world. a cubist The reason for his success was George’s magpie-like attitude. By 1936 he background had travelled to over 35 countries (virtually unheard of at the time), forged made a links with designers including the American painter Norman Rockwell who glamourous drafted many of Parker’s advertising campaigns, and picked up design ideas £3,500 from boats and planes to the metalwork on cigarette cases. Parker’s well known arrow emblem, created by leading American designer Joseph Platt This unusual for the ‘Vacumatic’ pen in 1933, was inspired by the high-speed Flèche d’Or 1970s ostrich egg train and boat service between London and Calais. frog vessel, one Though designers from Emilio Pucci of the eccentric to Sir Kenneth Grange have collaborated designs of Anthony with the brand, substance has always Redmile, was a come before style. The company created more than a hop the first quick-drying ink (‘Quink’) in from its £1,200- 1931 and the first self-filling fountain £1,500 estimate. pen in 1956. The Parker ‘Duofold’, It sold for £2,375 one of the earliest consumer products to come with a guarantee, famously A 1970 Biba vase was one of the highlights. landed intact after being dropped from Its graphic black and gold design had an aeroplane to test its durability. bidders’ hands up, pushing it far beyond the As the favoured pens of the Queen, £400-£600 estimate to fetch £1,062. Bill Clinton and David Dimbleby, Parker nibs have scrawled some of the Inspired by a fascination with the East, the century’s most important signatures. sunburst was a common art-deco motif. See them close up at the new Parker This bold dining set shone at the sale with Museum in Colet Court, London. the hammer coming down at £1,000. * parkerpen.com * 020 7393 3900; bonhams.com Pens, from top: 26 H & A J U N E 2 0 1 5 ‘Duofold’ (1921); ‘51 Jotter’ (1940); a limited- edition ‘75’ made from the brass fittings of the ship RMS Elizabeth (1977). Other images clockwise from top: a patent filed by Parker’s son Kenneth in 1966; an 1894 advertisement; a bottle of Parker’s revolutionary ‘Quink’ ink

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H&A JOURNAL: Column Gordon Watson I GOT LUCKY From a career at Sotheby’s to dealing from his renowned gallery to clients such as Mick Jagger, our new columnist’s stories sparkle with knowledge and wit As soon as I was earning my own money, halves, and so we bought the thangka. I had to hire a van I started to buy antiques. As a teenager, to take it home with me. I took the thangka to work and I used to help sell coats on the markets. showed my director, who was struck by it too. I was to With my wages and commission, I was include it in a forthcoming auction and duly took it to in the money (for a 14 year old, at least). show the keeper of the Indian department at the Victoria I quickly discovered the local antiques shops and would and Albert Museum. The museum can only give academic scour them for treasure. My taste was wide and varied opinions and is forbidden to give commercial valuations. – a Georgian silver salver or a piece of early Wedgwood The keeper stared at the piece in total silence. Finally, he could take my fancy. After the bemused shop owner told me that it was indeed the most wonderous of objects. concluded hard negotiations with his willowy teenage It was 18th century, Tibetan and most probably an customer, whose voice would sink and soar at the important gift to a high-status monastery. I recounted the most inconvenient of times, a layaway policy was story of its discovery and, seeing the excitement established. After weekly payments were made, I on my face, he kindly added, ‘You have done would finally carry home my finds in the front of very well. Its value is over and over the price the huge pantechnicon containing unsold coats. The V&A you paid,’ before he waved me out. Once home, the piece of silver or pottery figure called. I was I anxiously awaited the sale. A few weeks later would be pored over for hours – and so began the V&A called. They wanted to buy the thangka an intense love affair with beautiful objects. filled with for £16,000 on the understanding we withdrew Six years later I began working for it from the sale. I was filled with enormous pride Sotheby’s as the administrator of the antiquities enormous and greed in equal measure. If the V&A was department. I was in heaven. The department was willing to pay £16,000, what would American located deep below ground. Wire metal shelving pride and museums bid? In fact, I had no choice about what ran floor to ceiling storing items from the ancient to do: the piece was already in a forthcoming world. White marble Greek busts and African greed in equal sale and there it had to stay. The day of the sale fertility figures evoked a powerful presence. finally arrived. The auctioneer asked for bids and The gilt bronze figures of the serene Buddha, measure there was one solitary hand in the packed room. the terrifying images of the tantric protectors My hopes were dashed in just two minutes. The of the faith, and exquisite religious paintings thangka sold for its reserve price of £8,000. The called thangkas enthralled me. buyer? You’ve guessed it: the V&A. One Saturday afternoon I went antiquing, The V&A later discovered an inscription helping a friend choose furniture for a flat. In one of from the Panchen Lama in China to the Dalai Lama in the shops, the owner, who knew of my obsession with Tibet. There could be no better provenance. My share east Asia, said, ‘I have something that might interest you.’ of the profit was not going to buy me the bijou Chelsea He pulled out a vast blue silk banner and slowly unravelled apartment I longed for but it did give me the seed money it. Before me was the most beautiful embroidered Tibetan to begin my career as an antiques dealer. Q Illustration: Matilda Harrison. Photograph: Christie’s Images Ltd 2015 thangka of Sridevi, a grotesque and terrifying goddess with wild flaming hair, a bulging third eye in her forehead and fangs in her grimacing mouth. I had a tight knot in my stomach as I asked the price, trying to affect disinterest. GORDON’S PICK I was earning around £20 a week. The owner said he had OF THE MONTH just bought it in a local auction and I could have it for £650. ‘Please hold it for me,’ I said and left the shop A thangka that is with my bemused companion. similar to, though earlier Once outside, I explained to my friend that even than, the one Gordon though I had never come across anything like this in my bought set a world very short career as a Tibetan expert, I knew with every record for Chinese art fibre of my being that this was something exceptional and when Christie’s sold that I had to own it. I was about to head to the nearest it recently for $45m. phone box to call my mother for a loan. My friend insisted ‘Hey ho,’ says Gordon. that he would lend me the money and that we would go H&A JUNE 2015 29

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H&A JOURNAL: Shopping OLD NEW NEW Set of six metal Etagere, late 19th/early ‘Seed Packets’ wallpaper, £200 vegetable labels, 20th century, £995, Lorfords per roll, Ian Sanderson. £8, Sophie Allport. 0845 017 7866; Antiques. 01666 505111; 01635 33188; iansanderson.co.uk sophieallport.com lorfordsantiques.com OLD OLD Pair of Victorian sea kale forcers, £390, Galvanised watering Lichen Garden Antiques. can, 1930s, £45, Wiggly Wigglers. 01981 500391; 01242 609551; lichengardenantiques.com wigglywigglers.co.uk NEW POTTING ‘Rabbit and Cabbage’ SHED OLD CHIC deckchair, £135, Set of six Thornback & Peel. vintage terracotta We’ve dug out the best tools 020 7831 2878; pots, £9.95, and accessories to give your thornbackandpeel.co.uk Mabel & Rose. garden a Victorian makeover 01993 878861; mabelandrose.com NEW Glass terrarium, £75, Adventino. 0845 120 3224; adventino.co.uk NEW Storage unit with zinc top, £300, Garden Trading. 0845 608 4448; gardentrading.co.uk OLD OLD NEW Sweet chestnut Vintage apple crates, £22 each, Decorative Country Vintage fork and willow ‘Sussex’ Living. 01400 273632; decorativecountryliving.com and spade, £25 trugs, from £40 each, each, Jardinique. The Foodie Bugle 01420 560055; Shop. 01793 852272; jardinique.co.uk thefoodiebugleshop.com H&A JUNE 2015 33

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Dream I t was an administrative error that got Angie Parker started on what WEAVER would become her life’s passion. She had planned to do embroidery Angie Parker’s distinctive at Cumbria College of Art, but a mix colour-clash rugs and up in the admissions office saw her land instead in weaving, a mistake she now upholstered chairs twin sees as ‘serendipity’. ‘From the first time Scandinavian weaving I sat down in front of a loom, I never looked back,’ she says, ‘I knew that I’d techniques with the vibrant found what I wanted to do.’ hues of India. No wonder they are turning heads Despite hitting on her passion in her 20s, it has taken Angie a further FEATURE DOMINIQUE CORLETT two decades to get to the point where PHOTOGRAPHS KASIA FISZER she is able to dedicate herself full time, and for recognition to start coming her way. Following her auspicious start (she won floor-covering designer of the year at the New Designers exhibition in 1994, the year she graduated) she has taken a circuitous route via wardrobe mistressing in West End theatreland and having three children (all now at

H&A JOURNAL: One to watch Angie specialises in Devon and the Great Northern in FACING PAGE Manchester; being picked for the Craft Giant cones of yarn in a traditional Council’s hothouse scheme for emerging stand to attention talent, (through which she is being in the studio; Angie Scandinavian weaving mentored by textile designer Margo sits at her stool like Selby); and so far this year showing a musician at a piano technique – the effect is her work at the Devon Guild of Master ABOVE Angie is Craftsmen and the Bluecoat Display working on a new strikingly contemporary Centre, Liverpool. range of rugs RIGHT She uses a traditional school) to arrive at her studio in Bristol. Angie specialises in a traditional weaving technique, But Angie has no regrets about taking Scandinavian weaving technique called working in small her time to get here, in fact she believes krokbragd, which produces a pattern repeat patterns using that those years away from the pressure that she likens to a Fair Isle sweater. She a vibrant palette of producing professionally have given works in small repeat patterns, mainly her the space to hone her style. ‘I’ve had in mercerised cotton, which has a sheen. 20 years to play and to find my voice. Though this is a traditional technique, It’s such a luxury to be able to make for the effect is strikingly contemporary your own enjoyment,’ she says. – thanks to Angie’s colour palette of turquoises, limes, hot pinks, vivid Visiting Angie in her studio, her oranges and lately some neons too, delight at things finally coming together especially used as upholstery and paired is palpable. Surrounded by giant cones with the brightly painted woodwork of brightly coloured yarn, her inspiration of her reclaimed chairs. board covered with print-outs of Rothko paintings, Indian gods and samples of Her distinctive colour palette she her zingy woven textiles, she can’t stop puts down to more ‘time out’, when in smiling. And in the centre of all this is 2006, she spent a year living in India the enormous loom. Perched in front of while her husband was working there. it, comfortably composed like a pianist ‘Every day I wandered around the sari at her piano, she seems to emanate a shops, which were stacked to the ceiling crackle of anticipation, an excitement with saris, in the most amazing array about the possibilities at her fingertips, of the sharpest, most opulent colours of what she might create. I’d ever seen. I just wandered around soaking up all the amazing colours And her creations – mainly antique of that vibrant country and all these chairs reupholstered in her trademark years later here they are again, turning woven fabrics and a new line of rugs – up on my loom.’ Q are getting her noticed. Notable highs of the past year include showing at leading * Angie’s chairs cost from £450 and her rugs contemporary craft fairs Bovey Tracy from £900. angieparkertextiles.com RAINBOW MAGIC 1 4 3 5 Irresistibly colourful pieces that bring a smile to your face 2 H&A JUNE 2015 37 1 ‘Square & Stripes Rug #1’, handwoven block linen and reclaimed wool weave, 3ft by 5ft, £1,200 2 ‘Kiwi Op Art Piano Stool’, handwoven and finished mercerised cotton krokbragd textile on reclaimed stool, £450. 3 ‘Tutti Frutti Ornamental Chair’, mercerised cotton, chenille, glitter yarn, wool, linen and silk on reclaimed chair, in turquoise, £550 4 ‘Tutti Frutti Ornamental Chair’, as above, in orange 5 ‘Mikado Ornamental Bureau Chair’, hand woven mercerised cotton on tubular metal reclaimed chair, £1,500

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H&ALIFESTYLE Learn how to display and decorate with antiques, from embroidered textiles to art deco-style Poole pottery, in our homes & gardens showcase. Plus a glimpse at Eltham Palace’s new rooms HOME OF THE MONTH PETER HONE’S apartment provides a fascinating glimpse into the antiques dealer’s vast – and rare – collections of statuary and architectural antiques, displayed on every available surface. Highlights include the living room ceiling, which has been covered in 4,500 individual casts made by Peter, and an urn commissioned in 1805 after the death of Nelson. TURN TO PAGE 54 Rich in tradition A return to glamour Page 42 Delve into the history of Page 92 Eric Knowles antique embroidered suzanis and explores Eltham Palace’s previously unseen rooms see how to use them in your home Page 64 Colonial living Opulent glass chandeliers, oversize mirrors and indoor plants set the tone in Emma Clarke’s home Page 74 Art house Artist Mark Rochester can’t resist hand-painted art deco-style Poole pottery – as his Devon home shows Page 84 Treasure hunter5KLDQQRQ6RXWKZHOOōVSUHWW\\YLQWDJHƓQGVZKLFKƓOOKHUKRPHLQVSLUHKHUZRUNDVDWH[WLOHDUWLVW H & A J U N E 2 0 1 5 41

Display a treasured suzani above your sofa and accessorise to match the colours. Cover lampshades in modern suzani print fabric for an updated look

H&A LIFESTYLE: Antiques Rich in TRADITION The finely embroidered textiles of central Asia have inspired western interiors for half a century. CELIA RUFEY considers the history of the suzani and the resurgence of this ancient and beautiful tribal art form PHOTOGR APHS K AT YA DE GRUNWALD ST YLING MARISA DALY H&A JUNE 2015 43

Suzanis are exquisitely embroidered cloths hailing from Uzbekistan. The word suzani is Persian and translates as needle – and this is needlework of the highest order. As the antique suzani has become more collectable, so its motifs have been taken up here by designers of prints and weaves, from Zoffany to Robert Kime. The imagery in suzanis is compelling, from dramatic black and red sun discs to flower heads and stars, trailing plants and sinuous vines, fruits, and perhaps a bird or a water carrier, all stitched in a palette of colours that is bold yet gloriously harmonious. ‘It was colour that struck me when I first saw antique suzanis,’ says dealer Susan Deliss, ‘but it was also the romance they carry from the women who work them by hand in Uzbekistan, still a remote and mysterious country.’ Decorative yet functional Women responded to their harsh environment by introducing colour through embroidery Suzanis were possibly made as early as the 15th century, though none have wealth and status of the family. As soon ABOVE Make up napkins in modern suzani survived that date from before the late as a daughter was born, consideration fabric for a fresh look and to create a stylish 18th century. The hard life of both began on the suzanis that would make contrast with older pieces the nomadic people and the settled up her dowry, which would include wall FACING PAGE Use a vintage suzani as communities in the bleak landscape hangings and a wedding sheet. By the age a beautiful tablecloth and wall display piece. of the Steppe made central Asia, and of 10, girls were already working on their A calm blue painted background highlights Uzbekistan in particular, a land that dowries with help from relatives. the coloured embroidery took textiles to its heart. Women responded to their harsh environment The embroidery was worked on by bringing colour and vibrancy to their cotton, linen or silk cloth, hand-woven surroundings through embroidery. on narrow looms. Fabric strips were joined into a single piece and taken to ‘The finest antique suzanis are the draughtswoman in the community, like gardens of the imagination,’ says regarded as guardian of the traditional gallery owner Joss Graham. Tent flaps, motifs of the tribe. After discussion on wall hangings, bed covers, table covers, which motifs to use, she would ink the saddle cloths, cradle covers, small bags, even cases for combs and mirrors, were all sewn and embroidered by hand. The cities of Bukhara, Samarkand and Tashkent gave Uzbekistan pre-eminence in this work because of their prime positions on the Silk Road, which brought a rich cultural interchange between Europe, China, India and the Muslim world. Suzanis were homemade textiles, functional but also indicators of the 44 H&A JUNE 2015

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THIS PAGE A collection of suzani upholstered chairs creates a warm, colourful and stylish look FACING PAGE Rich reds and bold graphics make stunning artworks for display

The patterns and H&A LIFESTYLE: Antiques embroidered motifs H&A JUNE 2015 47 reflect the many influences that came along the Silk Road design on to the cloth. The strips would then be separated and the women of the family would each embroider a strip. When the strips were rejoined there were sometimes points where the design didn’t line up perfectly, or where slight differences in colours reflected variations in the batches of the natural dyes that coloured the yarn, which was usually silk. These are now considered to add personality to a piece. Some women added their own personal details to the pattern, such as a little bird or a teapot. It was important that the bride brought a significant set of textiles to the marriage as it would furnish the couple’s new home. The largest pieces were hung on the walls, with the most significant panel displayed opposite the entrance, where it would be seen by visitors. Eclectic origins Because early suzanis were made in the home for family use, there are few written records, which has limited what is known of their history. The patterns are thought to be inspired by Persian carpets, while the embroidered motifs reflect the many influences that came along the Silk Road: Chinese ceramics, Mughal embroideries, Hellenic carvings. Sun and moon discs, and stars within flower shapes, represent the life- giving relationship with the heavens. The pomegranate with its many seeds is a recurring presence, especially on suzanis associated with weddings, as it symbolises health and fertility. Popular flowers of the Steppe, particularly the tulip, which comes out as the snows melt, often feature, as do carnations and irises. The stitches used to create these Uzbek masterpieces are surprisingly few. In antique suzanis, buttonhole stitch and a variety of chain stitches sewn using a needle created outlines and infilled smaller design elements. Chain stitch worked more quickly with a tambour

ABOVE Cover canvas boards with suzani fabrics for an ever-changing display FACING PAGE Use a vintage The break up of the suzani as a bold curtain and bedspread. Smaller pieces can be used to make a pretty curtain pelmet Soviet Union in 1991 DECORATING WITH SUZANIS saw an explosion of fine The colours and striking patterns and motifs on the Steppe, where suzanis originated. For found in suzanis have made them part of the us, these bold pieces work best placed where antique suzanis coming language of decoration for those in the know. they can make an impact, for instance in a Interior designers use robust modern suzanis stairwell. There is no tradition of embroidered out of Uzbekistan to cover sofas and ottomans as statement cushions in Uzbek furnishings but they are an pieces. Antique suzanis are often used as important part of western home decorating, – similar to a crochet hook – was used to bed covers and sometimes as bed hangings so to meet the demand many modern fill in motifs in the larger hangings. (such as drapes for a four-poster). Suzanis suzanis are being made in Uzbek workshops have always hung on walls though our homes specifically for cushion covers, with the The production of suzanis in the are, of course, quite different from those embroidery still worked by hand. home began to decline after the Russian Revolution in 1917, when children began to go to school and more women took work out of the home. Under the Soviet Union craftwork was discouraged, so the making of suzanis declined still further. Nineteenth-century travellers to Istanbul and Alexandria were the first to bring suzanis back to Britain then, in the 1970s, they were bought by backpackers who discovered them on their trips. It was the break up of the Soviet Union in 1991 that saw an explosion of fine antique suzanis coming out of Uzbekistan, as many families fell on hard times and began selling off their treasured textiles. Visitors to Samarkand and Tashkent no longer find antique suzanis for sale there. Suzani revival There are still families in Uzbekistan who have kept the tradition of home embroidery alive, and suzanis are now being made in commercial workshops too. The quality of the new work varies enormously: the needlework is generally excellent but colours can be harsh and not always worked in pleasing combinations. Some of the best new suzanis are stitched by skilled needlewomen in their own homes or in cooperatives, using natural dyes. Outside of Uzbekistan, one of the best countries to find new suzanis is Turkey but beware of sellers who claim theirs are antique. Back home, you can buy antique and new suzanis in galleries, at textile fairs and at auction. Antique pieces fetch from around £1,500, with larger or more important pieces selling for £5,000 to £10,000. Prices for cushion covers in the best new work start at about £100, wall hangings at £500. Quality pieces with traditional designs and motifs may well become antiques of the future. Q 48 H&A JUNE 2015

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STYLIST’S NOTEBOOK Find out more 1Early 20th-century red suzani, £720, Guinevere. Green glass teacup and saucer, £12.50 (set ‘Fowey’ sofa in ‘Romo Linara Primrose’, £1,932, of four), The OK Corral. Poole Pottery jug, £35, WHERE TO BUY Sofas & Stuff. Hans Wegner oak easy chairs, £12,000 Vintage Ceramics. BACK WALL Ginger pot, per pair, Sigmar. Cushion in ‘Celestial Square Old Rose’ £12, Designers Guild. Poole Pottery vase, ❈ Aaron Nejad, 105 Eade Road, London, (on chair), £180, Soane. Vintage Moroccan striped wool £150, Sunbury Antiques Market. Vintage books N4 1TJ. 07976 826218; aaronnejad.com rug, £400; white 1950s George Nelson coffee table, (thoughout room): small, £3 each; large, £10 £700, both Howe. Chinese cream glaze barrel stools, each, Pimpernel & Partners. Wall in ‘Shirting’ ❈ Esther Fitzgerald, 28 Church Row, £850 per pair, Guinevere. Marble lamp base, £105, absolute matt emulsion paint, £37 per 2.5l, Little London, NW3 6UP. 020 7431 3076; Graham & Green. Lampshade covered in ‘Sinan’ Greene. Lace curtain, find similar at Pearl Lowe estherfitzgerald.com F6744-04, £55 per m, Osborne & Little. SOFA CUSHIONS, FROM LEFT Yellow suzani cushion, 2Victorian cranberry glass jug, £350; cranberry ❈ Guinevere Antiques, 574-580 Kings £38, Graham & Green. White patterned suzani port glass, £500 for 10; red vintage napkins, Road, London, SW6 2DY. 020 7736 2917; cushion, £95, Joss Graham. ‘Uzbek’ rose cushion, £250 for 10, all Guinevere. Uzbek suzani (used as guinevere.co.uk £70; ‘Crewel’ cushion, £85, both Niki Jones. Hand tablecloth), c1900, £2,990, Joss Graham. Wicker embroidered silk/cotton cushion, £105, Susan Deliss. place mats, £5 each, Orford Crafts. ‘Grand Chalet’ ❈ Joss Graham Gallery, 10 Eccleston ON COFFEE TABLE Brown enamelled cafetiere, dinner plate, £70, Designers Guild. Vintage fork, Street, London, SW1W 9LT. £25, Pimpernel & Partners. Pink Moleskine notebook, £36 for six; vintage knives, £36 for six, all RE. 020 7730 4370; jossgraham.com £15, Paperchase. Notebook in chartreuse/white, Vintage gold vase, £15, Sunbury Antiques Market. £16, Niki Jones. Basketwork container from Bhutan, Lexington wine glass, £52 for four; Lexington rope ❈ The London Antique Rug & Textile Fair £34; orange lacquer cosmetic box, £110; pink and metal napkin ring, £9.90, both Amara. Napkin (every April), The Showroom, 63 Penfold lacquer cosmetic box, £39, all Joss Graham. in ‘Sinan’ F6744-02, £55 per m, Osborne & Little Street, London, NW8 8PQ. 07976 826218; larta.net 1 ❈ Olympia International Art & Antiques 23 Fair (18th-28th June), Hammersmith Road, London, W14 8UX. 0115 896 0269; olympia-art-antiques.com ❈ Owen Parry, Abergavenny, Wales, (viewing by appointment). 07771 901130; owenparryrugs.com ❈ Susan Deliss, Notting Hill, London (viewing by appointment). 07768 805850; susandeliss.com ❈ Tribal Art London Fair (3rd-5th Sept), The Mall Galleries, London, SW1Y 5BD. 020 7930 6844; tribalartlondon.com ❈ Turkmen Gallery, 8 Eccleston Street, London, SW1W 9LT. 020 7730 8848; turkmengallery.com WHERE TO SEE COLLECTIONS ❈ The Burrell Collection, Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G43 1AT. 0141 287 2550; glasgowlife.org.uk ❈ Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6ER. 0161 275 7450; manchester.ac.uk/whitworth WHAT TO READ ❈ Bright Flowers: Textiles and Ceramics of Central Asia by Christina Sumner and Guy Petherbridge (Lund Humphries, 2004) ❈ Silk and Cotton: Textiles from the Central Asia That Was by Susan Meler (Abrams, 2013) ❈ Traditional Textiles of Central Asia by Janet Harvey (Thames & Hudson, 1997) 50 H&A JUNE 2015