Obituary: furniture specialist Tobias Jellinek (1934-2023)

Tobias Jellinek – part of the generation of British vernacular furniture scholars that sought to unpick the work of fakers, fantasists and embellishers in the less scrupulous days of antiques dealing – has died.

After more than 50 years in the trade, in 2009 he published Early English Chairs and Seats from 1500…

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