Furniture has been my bread and butter since the fifties. Here in Mayfair, customers aren’t simply shopping for wood and fabric. Couples step through the door, and they all want character. A vintage sofa, delivers precisely what they’re after. I sent a set of accent chairs antique chairs to a Grosvenor leather armchair green Square apartment, and ten years on it looked better than ever. That’s what endures. They look for convenience, but sooner or later they return. Mass production doesn’t care, whereas old chairs carry life.

The capital’s rooms all look different. Kensington demands velvet, armchairs vintage design with velvet chairs. Camden stays chaotic, with retro mismatches. That’s what keeps us alive. Let me put it plainly, an armchair becomes memory. Flat-pack won’t do that. I still knock on the wood for weight, and I know straight away. Classic pieces endure. When a showroom tempts you, step back. Take on a classic wingback, and see how it shapes your home.