Arundel Eccentrics
We have an antiques emporium in a 19th century warehouse in the town.
Once part of the Arundel Swallow Brewery it now
houses a collection of English and French decorative antique
furniture.
Hidden down a little alley, just five minutes walk
from Arundel High Street.
How to find us?
Walk from Arundel High Street to the bridge.
Keep right.
Just after the bridge you will see a little alley.
Walk to the end, turn left and sharp left.
Arundel Eccentrics are the 3rd warehouse
along.
Open Saturday 10-3
other times by appointment or chance.
Happy to open at any time.
For an appointment, just email or call.
Brenda 07973968446
Nass 07588472876
Our main collection is a combination of English and French decorative antique and vintage furniture.
Mostly the pieces are 19th century but
occasionally mid 20th.
We regularly have:
English 19th century chests, English
Victorian bamboo furniture, bookcases and cupboards.
French 19th century chairs for
re-upholstery.
French 19th century farmhouse or
monastery tables in oak.
French 1940s tambour filing cabinets (which are
always popular for stylish storage) and 1940s extending bleached oak dining
tables.
French buffets, buffet deux corps and enfilades.
Our English 1960s Rolls Royce lights from their
Derby factory are extremely popular at the moment.
We also specialise in our own unique style of “up cycling.”
We source Victorian chests, Victorian bamboo,
and 1930’s/40’s
pieces, many in very bad shape.
After painting them black, occasionally with a hint
of gilt, we decorate them with decoupage, using 19th century images
and a Victorian style.
Much of our work goes to the US via the antique
trade and also to UK interior designers.
Pieces feature regularly in national and
international interior magazines.
The first chest we decorated in this style went to NYC
via an antique trade client. It was a Georgian chest that we found in a very
poor state. We painted it black and decorated it with decoupage fish all over.
We weren’t absolutely sure we had done the right
thing, but the client was happy to give it a chance.
A few months later she sent us a copy of
Architectural Digest.
And there it was.
Taaa Daaa
We started to decorate vintage buckets, pots and
tubs as a sideline to sit with the furniture. Enhance it, if you like.
But these items took off to such an extent it’s now
often hard to keep up.
In 2016 the decoupage work brought us to the
attention of Liberty London. They invited us to take over their 4th
floor.
When the phone call came, we thought it was a friend
playing a joke.
I mean, in an old warehouse behind the Co-op in
Arundel and the whole top floor of one of the most prestigious stores in the
world.
It has to be a joke, right?
We stayed for 2 years.
It was quite an experience.
We were regularly receiving email and phone call
orders from some extremely well known people.
Many were asking us to send decorated buckets or
pots as gifts to their equally well known friends.
Exciting times.
What's next, I wonder?"
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