Sworders conduct three specialist auctions a year which have quickly become an established part of the UK auction calendar. The Decorative Art and Design sale caters for all budgets with estimates ranging from £100 to £100,000.
There are three distinct sections within the sale covering Arts and Crafts, Art Deco and Modern Design and Furniture.
Over the last few sales we have concentrated on growing the Scandinavian Furniture and Design element and now have a section solely dedicated to contemporary lighting, objects and design.
Past sale highlights include a piano designed by Charles Robert Ashbee for the Guild of Handicrafts sold for £10,400; a collection of Clarice Cliff totalling over £30,000; Finn Juhl's ‘Bwana’ chair selling for £2,200 and Barbara Hepworth's 'Two Rotating Forms II', selling for £250,000.
Read our Arts & Crafts guide:
Antique Collecting Guide on Arts & Crafts Furniture co-written by John Black and Ivan Macquisten
Recent lots in the sale can be found in our archived sales on our Pinterest page.
For further information on specific collecting areas, please visit the pages below:
Mark Brazier-Jones (b.1956) is an internationally-celebrated artist, master furniture and lighting designer and engineer, who cut his teeth working in the 1970s and 1980s on music sets for Duran Duran, Elton John and David Bowie. In his own words: 'Form does follow function, but part of furniture's function is decorative’, and that is clear in his output, which blurs the boundaries between art design and function.
Our specialists hold regular valuation days. Please contact us for more information, or complete the form below to enquire about the valuation of your items.
John Black ASFAV
Director 20th Century Art & Design
John has a degree in Art History augmented by a one year course at Christies, and has 15 years auction room experience. An integral member of our team he has a broad knowledge of the decorative arts, however his principal interest lies in 20th Century Design. John runs our successful Decorative Art and Design sales, held three times a year.
T: 01279 817778
E: johnblack@sworder.co.uk
