Expert Advice: London Antiques Dealer Will Fisher on Stealth Glamor - Remodelista
Will Fisher, founder of antique and reproduction house Jamb Limited, is known around London as the antique dealer with an eye, which he applies artfully not only to furniture and objects but to the elegant, spare spaces which they inhabit. Dr. Oliver Bronson’s House, an important “©survivor “©from “©the”© Picturesque”© era “©in “©America architecture located in Hudson, NY, displays a faded grandeur behind its layers of peeling paint and wallpaper. A room should have a sense that it has evolved with time, grown with its occupants or generations. A classical head on an overscaled base lends an air of stateliness to Fishers’ home. Architectural monumental bookcases at the back of rooms which loom over their surroundings like a Roman sky line. Photograph by Simon Upton. Fisher has painted Jamb’s new showroom in soft colors which provide a quiet back drop to his antique furniture and chimney pieces. Photograph by John Hammond. Spanish 18th-century embossed leather and Chinese painted wallpaper both give a rich layer and a sense of grandeur. Photograph by Simon Upton. Antique dealer, Will Fisher flanked by two key pieces in his living room, an overscaled monument and an antique chimneypiece. RM: What are the basic requisites to creating a grand, glamorous and comfortable space? A low ceiling room can take on an air of grandness with an authentic chimneypiece, antique floors, and a quiet ceiling cornice. WF: Firstly, I would focus on the fireplace and moldings. Photograph by John Hammond. A view of Jamb’s new showroom showing Fisher’s artful mixing of new and old. RM: Steeped in the world of antiques, the grandeur you help to create is imbued with history. Photograph by John Hammond. A set of Roxburghe armchairs from the period of George II.