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    BUYING & USING decorative antiques

    Mar 03, 2020 4 minutes

    The most desirable pieces of furniture are not only beautiful and useful, but also possess something else – a certain magic in the form of an unexpected shape or texture, perhaps, or a fascinating back story; a charm that is somehow more than simply the sum of its parts. With this je ne sais quoi, an antique piece is not simply run of the mill, but elevated to being what might be called a ‘decorative’ antique, its value lying in its visual appeal just as much as its age, provenance or functionality.

    Antiques dealer Lennox Cato explains that the term ‘decorative’ once meant something very different to how it might be interpreted today. “A good dealer

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