How did young women record their conquests before the invention of Facebook? Dance cards were popular accessories for ladies attending grand balls in the 19th century. The little paper cards were used to make a note of the chaps to whom a dance had been promised during the evening ahead...

From The Irish Times, February 2011, a fascinating article about Danker Antiques’ new premises in Royal Hibernian Way, followed by an interview with Joy Danker from myantiques.tv OPENING a major new shop in the current economic environment is a remarkable vote of confidence in the future. One of Dublin’s best-known...

Below is a fascinating video of IADA president in conversation with Henry Sandon at the 2011 IADA fair in the RDS.

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Here is a link to an interesting article from 2006 interviewing hosts of the brilliant RTE show The Dealers, IADA president George Stacpoole and Niall Mullen. They share advice on buying and selling antiques as well as giving an insight into the life of an antique dealer. The article also...

‘Clocks will outlive your kids. That clock in the corner was made in 1710. That’s just 20 years after the Battle of the Boyne’ BY EOIN BUTLER TALK TIME : KEVIN CHELLAR, Horologist and proprietor of Timepiece Antique Clocks in Dublin How did you develop an interest in horology, was...

An independent report has confirmed that antiques are environmentally friendly with a piece of antique furniture likely to have a carbon footprint 16 times lower than that of a newly manufactured item. This is the finding of a study that compared the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the manufacture and...

Michael Mortell is making a career of his passion for 20th century furniture and objects, he tells DEIRDRE MCQUILLAN SUCCESSFUL FASHION designers often become furniture collectors. The Parisian couturier Jacques Doucet in the 1890s became an important art connoisseur and commissioned Eileen Gray among others.Later, Coco Chanel became as well...

The 2010 IADA Bursary has been awarded to two applicants Cathy O’Donnell & Rebecca DeBut Cathy O’Donnell is a graduate of GMIT Letterfrack and applied for the bursary to undertake a Masters in Conservation at the London Metropolitan University. Cathy will receive €7000 to pay for her academic fees. In...

ROMAN TEEVAN relates a nerve-jangling journey which ended happily. Years ago, when my history professor introduced me, then a young undergraduate, to the wonders of early printmakers working in Europe in the 15th and early 16th centuries (such as Schongauer, Durer, Altdorfer etc.), I had no idea that the work...