Instagram Picks: vintage furniture dealers we’ve recently discovered
@sauce.ldn
The brainchild of Adam Dillon and Hannah Mottishaw, online-based Sauce stocks a covetable range of mainly 20th-century European furniture, lighting and accessories. Think travertine coffee tables, French pottery and rattan chairs.
@max_keys
London-based dealer Max Keys will have you religiously checking his feed at 6pm – the time when he releases his daily drops. He has an eye for all the good things, from curvy Luigi Colani chairs to Japanese rattan stools.
@abelsloane1934
Launched in 2012, 1934 is run by Abel Sloane and Ruby Woodhouse and specialises in 20th-century pieces, selling design classics by the likes of Alvar Aalto, Hendrik Wouda and Max Clendinning. The pair also offer interior design and consultation services – ideal if you’re looking for a helping hand.
@oswalde.shop
Jenna Fletcher launched Oswalde Shop in the first lockdown, specialising in functional, robust designs from the 20th century. She has a thing for furniture that stacks, as well as for colourful Italian chairs and accessories from the Sixties and Seventies.
@_ocu_lus_
Oculus is an Instagram-only affair, selling a delightful array of ceramics and small objects directly via the platform. Ranging from wrought iron candle holders to studio pottery trays, they are just the sorts of things that will bring a little soul to a home.
@objetvagabond
Based near Lille in France, Objet Vagabond offers a mix of 19th and 20th-century pieces. Items may be years apart – industrial shelving from 1880 by Theodore Scherf sits alongside zig-zag topped chairs from the Fifties – but all share a similarly sculptural aesthetic.
@form2017function
As the name suggests, Form & Function specialises in mid-century designs that are as beautiful as they are useful. They offer an edit of furniture, lighting and studio pottery by all the major modernists – anyone for an Ernest Race rocker or Alvar Aalto sideboard?
@r_e_home
Another Instagram-only dealer, London-based R&E Home offers a thoughtfully curated edit of mid-century and antique pieces. There’s a particular emphasis on anything made from wood – from an Ethiopian throne carved from a single piece of wood to an octagonal table from the Twenties.
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