English Victorian Bamboo, Arundel & Roll on Summer

June 02, 2016

English Victorian Bamboo, Arundel & Roll on Summer

Good Morning

from

Arundel Eccentrics

English Victorian Bamboo.

Here are a couple of our

English Victorian Bamboo Tables

Homes and Gardens Magazine.

and a few on the 4th floor of the Liberty Store in London

So...how did they come to be in such prestigious interiors magazines and that beautiful store?

When this is how we found them.............

Now.....you just see a tatty

old table, or bookcase

lying there in grannies shed

or down at the car boot sale.

You may think its from China, and it's new.

Or maybe, that its old, but also from the orient.

Its a fascinating story and that table has

been around a lot longer than you have.

Well....unless you happen to be about 150 years old, that is.

The furniture was made circa 1860,

many of the factories were in London and Birmingham.

There were around 250 factories producing the pieces.

Have a look at this site...it actually lists them all

http://www.achome.co.uk/antiques/bamboo_furniture.htm

It also gives the most fantastic history of the aforementioned Liberty store

and the Arts and Crafts movement.

http://www.achome.co.uk/antiques/liberty.htm

Another knowledgeable person on bamboo is

Gary Sharpe

http://garycsharpe.blogspot.co.uk

Gary Sharpe now lives in

Edmonton Canada,

though, for 20 years,

used to be an antique dealer in the UK.

His site is full of interesting, interiors information,

and his knowledge on

English Victorian Bamboo

is pretty extensive.

Worth checking out...ha ha, and no, he's not paying me

Victorian Bamboo Table...with lions and leopards
this featured in Homes and Gardens magazine

Victorian Bamboo table....with chickens decoupage

the first bamboo cabinet like this we did for House and Garden magazine

There are only 2 like it......

a bamboo cabinet decorated especially for the magazine shoot

We track down these sad and
battered bamboo pieces
and bring them home.

They would probably have rattan on
the table surface, or lacquer, or Victorian wallpaper
sometimes leather..

We clean them up, restore and sturdy them..........

and then we paint and decorate them....

if they are in pretty good shape we like to keep them original as well

and we send them on their way....for another 100 years or more.........

some go via some rather posh shops in London, New York, Carolina, Texas.........

Victorian Bamboo Table with chinoiserie ...we had my clever, artist,
Aunty paint this, and it sits very well with original painted pieces.

Victorian Bamboo table....with butterflies decoupage

Victorian Bamboo table with leather

We were lucky to find a bedroom set of almost perfect bamboo.

We just decorated the top ...the rest we left original

Victorian bamboo bookcase with fish decoupage.

This is quite unusual...we don't often find such large bookcases.

English Victorian Bamboo Bookcase

I'm working on botanicals at the moment.
They take a long time to cut out.

If you get it wrong sticking them down...
well, suffice it to say the air is blue.....

Victorian Bamboo Cabinet with gilt and dragonflies

This is one of our cabinets in a magazine.
It went via Liberty in London.
The home was featured in a magazine.
I spotted this quite by chance

Turns out it was the guy who owns Liberty who had bought the cabinet.