HOLMES ANTIQUES

Holmes Antiques was established in 1932. We are a family business with a shop on Haworth Main Street in West Yorkshire. We specialise in early English oak and walnut with the emphasis on quality, originality, colour and surface... Over the years David Holmes has developed a reputation in the antique trade as one of the country's leading experts in early English oak and walnut furniture. His son Christian is the fourth generation of the family to deal in antique furniture in Haworth... Understanding the period of a piece is, we believe, vital. This involves knowing the different methods of construction used at each given period in the history of English furniture, understanding the fashion of the day influences the design of the furniture and the type of wood used to construct it. You must ask yourself what era does the piece preport to belong too. Then once this is established it must be viewed carefully as it may be of later construction. Only when it is established that the piece..

Primary location: Yorkshire