WALPOLES have been established for over 50 years. The stock featured on this site is divided into 3 featured categories: the Army, the Navy & English Country House. They are further classified by what type of item they are: Furniture, Paintings, Prints or Works of Art.
We have a shop in Portobello Road, but space is limited, so if you are interested in a specific item on the site, call us on +44 (0)7831 561042 to arrange a viewing appointment.
The Army
WALPOLES approach to The Army is to explore the life of the British Soldier through art and encounter. FURNITURE is largely campaign in purpose or made in the Indian subcontinent, often for export back to England. PAINTINGS AND PRINTS will record the likenesses of the soldiers, their families or their commanding officers, and ‘WORKS of ART’ can be anything our soldier may have carried with him or made to eventually take home to his family.
The Navy
In The Navy we look at the art and objects encountered by the British seafarer. Much of this will probably have been made in China for Export to the West, or made as scrimshaw, woolworks or other keepsakes by ‘Jack’ to while away the time when there was little else to do. On occasion these things could be traded with merchants in the busier ports.
The English Country House
The English Country House is full of anything and everything that you might have found in an English home or garden from the mid seventeenth century to the end of the Edwardian era.
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