Jupe Dining Table

The Jupe Dining Table was the invention of Robert Jupe in 1835 and was an expanding table. The original design enabled the frame of the table to be rotated and expanded with leaves inserted to fill in the gaps. The distinctive feature of the arrangement was that the table would keep its original shape in […]

Karelian Birch

Karelian Birch is a type of burr wood from a species of birch tree found in the Karelian region between Finland and Russia. It was highly prized as it enabled highly original furniture and is similar to Birdseye Maple. Used by the Tsars for ‘The Imperial Furniture’, it was mostly used for highly decorative pieces.

Kaymet

Kaymet was established in 1947 making trolleys and trays for the catering business. Sydney Schreiber established a small metalworking business which during the Second World War produced boxes for radar equipment. After the war he needed to find another use for his machinery and in 1947 changed the company name to...

Keith & Co

Keith & Co. were a London based silversmiths located in City Road, London. Founded in 1824 by John Keith, the firm operated for over a hundred years with an interruption between 1868 and 1874 when his son (John James) and his employees worked at Cox & Sons. They made silverware for the Ecclesiological Society from...

Kid

Is the name given to young goats, and also the leather made from their hides. The leather is renowned for being exceptionally delicate and soft, making it an ideal material for making perfectly fitting gloves. ‘Fits like a kid glove’ is a popular cliche in the English language. Kid leather is also used for...

Kingwood

Kingwood is a type of hardwood found in a small area of Brazil from a smallish tree – Dalbergia cearensis. It was the most expensive wood in general use in the 17th century and is now almost exclusively used for inlays on very exclusive and fine furniture as it can be brought to a spectacular […]

Lacquer

Lacquer is a wood finish, which can be clear or coloured, that produces a hard, durable finish which can range from high gloss to ultra matte. It is also found in ‘lacquer paint’ which describes a paint that dries to a harder and smoother surface than with ordinary paint. Lacquerware refers to a range of […]

Lady Justice

is a representation of Justitia, the Roman goddess of Justice – based on the earlier Greek goddess Themis who embodied the divine rightness of law. The image has become an allegorical personification of justice as the moral force operating in legal systems. The concept of justice as balancing scales dates back to...

Lambert & Rawlings

Lambert & Rawlings were silversmiths based in London who became ‘Silversmiths to Their Majesties and Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent’. The business was started by Francis Lambert in 1803 and became an important retailer of both reproduction and original antique silver plate as well as a manufacturer of...

Lantern

A Lantern is a lighting fixture or portable light source which is used to illuminate large areas and tend to be used as general lighting for outdoor spaces. They can also be used as torches or for signaling and also for decoration (lower light level varieties). Lanterns have been used since antiquity, with them...

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Jupe Dining Table

Karelian Birch

Kaymet

Keith & Co

Kid

Kingwood

Lacquer

Lady Justice

Lambert & Rawlings

Lantern

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