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"Tulip Chair", designed by Eero Saarinen in 1955 for Knoll. Photo © Bukowskis (detail)
Furniture17 November 2025

Design in Focus: The Tulip Chair

A custom-made shelf from 1963 created in Münsingen by USM Haller. Built from chrome-plated steel tubes and perforated green-painted sheet metal, an early example of the modular design language that became a design classic. Photo © Quittenbaum (detail)
Furniture13 October 2025

USM Haller: Timeless Design for a Changing Life

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, two MR 20 chairs, Berliner Metallgewerbe Josef Müller or Bamberger Metallwerkstätten, 1920s, chrome-plated tubular steel, black leather. Photo © Bukowskis (detail)
Furniture16 June 2025

12 Groundbreaking Chairs Across Three Centuries

Karl Lagerfeld's Paris apartment with Eileen Grey screen, Dunand painting and vases, and sofa and chairs from a house decorated by Elsie de Wolfe (Lady Mendl). September, 1974. Photo by Horst P. Horst/Conde Nast via Getty Images.
Furniture10 February 2025

Barnebys' Guide to Buying Furniture

Two-part Duchesse brisée in the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris. Public domain photo (detail)
Furniture23 September 2024

What Is the Broken Duchess?

Gillis Lundgren's sofa and armchair 'Impala' are a couple of favourites from Ikea, which are sold for high amounts at auction. Photo © Bukowskis
Furniture2 August 2024

Ikea's Most Expensive Designs

The Togo sofa by Ligne Roset, designed by Michel Ducaroy, on display in the Spazio Pontaccio showroom. Milan, Italy. 2013 (Photo by Federico Magi/Mondadori via Getty Images) (details)
Furniture1 April 2024

Togo: The Social Media Sensation

Palazzo Volpi's entry hall. Image © Sotheby's (detail)
Furniture25 January 2024

The Interiors of Venice's Famed Palazzo Volpi Go to Auction

Collage: François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775), Countess du Barry as Flora, 1769, oil/canvas, 70.5 x 58 cm, Château de Versailles. Public domain image (detail). Two late Louis XV armchairs by Louis Delanois, with carving by Joseph-Nicolas Guichard and painting by Jean-Baptiste Cagny, gilded walnut, around 1770/71. Photos © Christie's (detail)
Furniture23 October 2023

Madame du Barry's Chairs Set a New Record

Left: Børge Mogensen, armchair, ’Spanish Chair’, Fredericia Stolefabrik. Photo © Uppsala Auktionskammare. Right: Karin Mobring, armchair, ’Natura’, Ikea. Photo © Stockholms Auktionsverk
Furniture3 October 2023

Ikea's Sources of Inspiration

The Palace of Assembly located at the Capitol Complex of Chandigarh designed by Le Corbusier, originally meant to serve as the building for Legislative Assembly of bicameral East Punjab state. By UnpetitproleX - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 (detail)
Furniture19 September 2023

Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and the Silver City

Bruno Mathsson, armchair with footstool, 'Jetson', DUX. Photo © Uppsala Auction House
Furniture9 March 2023

Bruno Mathsson's Jetson: The Space Age Swivel Chair

Photo by TheStandingDesk
Furniture21 December 2022

Working Design: The Evolution of the Desk

Charles & Ray Eames, 'Lounge Chair with Ottoman', Herman Miller, USA. Photo © Bukowskis (detail)
Furniture19 September 2022

10 Ingenious Chairs: Design Classics of the 20th Century

Claude-Guy Hallé (1652-1736), Louis XIV receiving the Doge of Genoa at Versailles on 15 May 1685, Palace of Versailles. Photo public domain (detail)
Furniture11 July 2022

Baroque Silver Furniture: A Symbol of Power

Bengt Ruda's armchair 'Cavelli' was designed for Ikea in 1958-1959. The armchair set a new world record when it was sold at Bukowskis on May 17, 2022. Photo © Bukowskis (detail)
Furniture19 May 2022

Record for the Most Expensive Piece of Ikea Furniture

Dame Lucie Rie D.B.E, footed bowl, c. 1980, porcelain with bronzed rim, 10 x 20 cm. Image © Lyon & TurnbullSponsored
Furniture26 April 2022

The Best of Danish Design

A fine Empire mahogany and ormolu mounted library chair, 19th Century, French, 80 x 66 cm (detail). Image © DeVeresSponsored
Furniture22 April 2022

Refresh Your Home with Fine Furniture

Photos © Catawiki (details)Sponsored
Furniture7 April 2022

Furniture to Fossils: No Reserve Auction

Hans Brockhage & Erwin Andra, rocking cart, designed in 1950 for Siegfried Lenz, Berggießhübel/Pirna, Germany (detail). Photo © Dorotheum
Furniture25 February 2022

The Fascinating Marketing for Children’s Chairs

Image by Eugene Chystiakov
Furniture17 February 2022

How to Furnish Your Modern Home with Antiques

Bengt Ruda, 'Cavelli' armchair for IKEA, 1958-59 (detail). Photo © Stadautkion Sundsvall
Furniture1 December 2021

A New Auction Record for IKEA Furniture

Photo © intOndoSponsored
Furniture13 September 2021

Take a Seat in European Design

Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723), Three-quarter-length portrait of a gentleman with sword and dog, oil on canvas (detail). Photo © P.F. WindibankSponsored
Furniture25 August 2021

Exquisite Paintings and Objects d’Art

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