Elaine Phillips Antiques

Elaine Phillips Antiques Antique Dealers - offering a full interior design service from sourcing antiques to curtains, soft furnishings, carpets, upholstery.

Solar eclipse I think bypassed Wensleydale or if it didn’t - my colander was dud - or maybe that’s me !! Anyway - here a...
12/08/2026

Solar eclipse I think bypassed Wensleydale or if it didn’t - my colander was dud - or maybe that’s me !! Anyway - here are some images taken at the bewitching hour - happy eclipse peeps 😎😎

My mother used to say that it was amazing how far you could travel in a day - so Monday morning - up with the larks and ...
11/08/2026

My mother used to say that it was amazing how far you could travel in a day - so Monday morning - up with the larks and I was rewarded with this view 5 minutes from home of the harvest, safely gathered in. The Brucie Bonus was a quiet motorway. En route - the obligatory breakfast bap using my Gregg’s app. The day just kept getting better when I realised I’d earned a free sausage and omelette delight 🤩. I had great plans to visit an exhibition and a couple of early churches in between meetings - sadly that went out of the window - but I was accompanied by a wonderful sunset driving home. But where did I go ?

Finally made it to the Schiaparelli Exhibition at the V and A and one of the dresses by the current designer, Daniel Ros...
08/08/2026

Finally made it to the Schiaparelli Exhibition at the V and A and one of the dresses by the current designer, Daniel Roseberry, stopped me in my tracks - well, rather in my meandering, through this wonderful extravaganza. In an earlier post I mentioned that my father was a fashion designer (women’s) before joining my mother in Elaine Phillips Antiques. In 1958 he designed my mother’s wedding dress seen in the first image of their wedding day at the Queen’s Hotel in Leeds. Fast forward to 2026 - hey presto! The hunt for this black and white photograph which I knew from many previous viewings, took me down the rabbit hole that is our family hoard of photographs from four generations. My father, practically on his own, at the Trevi Fountain before influencers and the now imposed charge! The cup he won at Leeds College aged 18 for fashion design. His design book from that time. Him as a well turned out toddler. With his father who was also in the rag trade as a pattern cutter in Leeds. My grandpa looking very dapper with his best friend. With my grandma circa the 1920’s/30’s. And so back to the exhibition - I was struck by how many designs have been reproduced over the years in similar forms and are eminently wearable. The boots - so reminiscent of designs the 20th/21st century. The creations of today’s Schiaparelli - works of art - but the one I coveted and stupidly didn’t photograph was a navy blue opera coat with a simple sequin collar - perfection.

17th century West Country Oak coffer with original till and pin hinges. Crisp carving. Good original height. Gentle fade...
06/08/2026

17th century West Country Oak coffer with original till and pin hinges. Crisp carving. Good original height. Gentle faded colour. Circa 1680. Ex private collection and Charles Lumb and Sons, Harrogate.

Start the week with a bang - this 19th century Yew Windsor of a scarce form - ex private collection and Charles Lumb and...
03/08/2026

Start the week with a bang - this 19th century Yew Windsor of a scarce form - ex private collection and Charles Lumb and Sons,Harrogate in the 1960’s.

Visiting BADA member, SPENCER SWAFFER this week to celebrate the end of US tariffs on art and antiques. If you are wonde...
01/08/2026

Visiting BADA member, SPENCER SWAFFER this week to celebrate the end of US tariffs on art and antiques. If you are wondering why we are grinning like maniacs, it’s because we were discussing whether we should launch a competition to write a caption for this photograph and the object contained therein. Common sense and a sense of decency prevailed !! Sadly …….

Today was a big step/s as it was the first long walk without Belle …. Hard to put into words …. But it’s like something ...
26/07/2026

Today was a big step/s as it was the first long walk without Belle …. Hard to put into words …. But it’s like something was badly missing along the route …. So it was easier to start with a place that I have known all my life - at Fountains Hall on the Fountains Abbey/Studley Royal Estate - through glorious parkland which includes the incredible twisted sweet chestnut tree. The church of St Mary the Virgin, which lines up with Ripon Cathedral and was built circa 1870. Past wheat fields ready for harvest, Yorkshire stone cottages, moody skies and back in time for tea/wine ? A cheeky 6 miles but tinged with sadness for a sorely missed companion

Fantastic news this morning for our members and all my colleagues in the trade. Following major lobbying by Mark Dodgson...
24/07/2026

Fantastic news this morning for our members and all my colleagues in the trade. Following major lobbying by Mark Dodgson, Secretary General of the BADA, Erika Bochereau, Secretary General of CINOA (of which BADA is a member) and the International Assoc. of Professional Numismatics, supported by BAMF (again, of which BADA are a member) all items listed under Chapter 97 regardless of age (works of art, collector’s items and antiques) are exempt from US tariffs. This highlights the importance of belonging to the BADA and major trade associations which fulfil an important function for our sector. Whoop whoop !!!

Very pleased to buy this 17th century joint/joined stool in original condition with the owners inventory marks/initials....
22/07/2026

Very pleased to buy this 17th century joint/joined stool in original condition with the owners inventory marks/initials. Nice original height. Four pegged top, marking out lines still present. Good colour with a patinated ‘crusty’ surface in places.

Happy Birthday to our father who art in Harrogate. Born this day 1934. The three of us advertising toothpaste, with his ...
21/07/2026

Happy Birthday to our father who art in Harrogate. Born this day 1934. The three of us advertising toothpaste, with his great granddaughter Alice, with me (eating as usual circa 1964 and finally today for lunch in his garden. #92

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