A GILT-METAL MOUNTED MAHOGANY BOOKCASE,

Recommended features

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  • Studio visit: Michael S. Smith

    ​​The designer and decorator shows us around his Santa Monica HQ, and enthuses over the forthcoming Rooms as Portraits auctions in London and New York

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  • The tastemaker: Martin Brudnizki

    The world-renowned interior designer selects favourite objects from our forthcoming Interiors sale in London on 13 September

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  • The A-Z of furniture: Terminology to know when buying at auction

    From applique and back splats to veneering and wingbacks, an essential glossary of furniture terms

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  • Why Britain was first to go Pop

    Pop art was not an all-American phenomenon — the UK, in fact, was where it started. Illustrated with works from our Modern British Art sales in June

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  • 6 questions to ask when buying works on paper

    An expert introduction to the category, illustrated with works by Abts, LeWitt, Francis, Rama and more, offered from 12-20 September in First Open (Online)

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  • ‘They always instinctively knew what I was looking for’ — the enduring legacy of Studio Prints

    The London firm whose founders pulled prints for many of modern art’s greats, from Lucian Freud to Leon Kossoff and Paula Rego ​