Picture a traditional British pub and there is a fair chance you are picturing oak. A heavy table polished by countless elbows. A high-backed settle beside a fire. Panelled walls turned deep brown with age. Joint stools pulled around a table, solid chairs, wooden screens and perhaps a dark old cupboard tucked somewhere behind the […]
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There is something wonderfully persuasive about antique oak furniture. The dark, mellow colour. The uneven surface. The carved panels. The heavy construction. The sense that it has survived fires, fashions, house moves, damp cottages, polished parlours and several centuries of family life. But here is the awkward truth: not every piece described as “17th century […]
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