THISTLE & ROSE

Thistle & Rose is a company dedicated to the reproduction and restoration of Adam fireplaces, which first became fashionable in 18th century Scotland... After about nine months of R & D I invited David to come and look at our first exact facsimile of an Adam chimneypiece, and we were in business. The workshop has made a copy of every piece of composition that has ever passed through our hands and we now have a reasonably comprehensive collection of moulds so that, as happened last year, when a London antique dealer sold a fireplace online, only to discover that he had already sold it to somebody else, we were able to make an exact copy from a photograph and the basic dimensions. Likewise, when a fireplace has been lost through theft, from a photograph and the witness silhouette on the wall we have been able to provide the same service... Our staff have all been trained 'in house' and each has their own specialisations. It has always been our aim to try and provide a comprehensive..

Primary location: Hawick United Kingdom