A repository for sacred relics

Antique dealers/furniture restorers, Al and Jamie relocated from London to Hastings four years ago and started RELIQUARY at the yard within the bones of the old forge.

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With a passion for simplicity of form, whether 18th century or twentieth century, they deal in a constantly changing, carefully curated eclectic mix of antiques/furniture/design. Early Georgian oak furniture sits comfortably alongside Biedermeier, and Bauhaus mingles deliciously with French provincial and folk art. Simplicity being the thing that connects them. 

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From humble beginnings in the nineties with stalls on both Portobello Road and Covent Garden to a shop on Richmond Hill, dealing in architectural/ecclesiastical salvage, pre/post war modernism, gardenalia, primitive/folk and European country furniture, they built up a loyal client base supplying stores in London and New York, including Harrods, Libertys, Anthropology NY, Aesop and restoration work for English Heritage. Richard E Grant, The Jaggers, Jennifer Saunders and Jonny Depp - to name a few of their previous happy customers (everyone loves a celebrity client, right!?) 

 

Together with their black pug, Patti Smith, they scour the land sourcing pieces from country houses and dilapidated out-buildings, to clearing entire rundown Victorian nurseries and decommissioned museum store rooms, always on the hunt for that next relic.

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Previous publications featuring pieces include: The World of Interiors, Homes and Gardens, Wallpaper and The Guardian. Pieces for film productions also include: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror and Mike Leigh's Mr Turner.