HERITAGE TIMBRE

From a tentative start in his father’s antiques store, Timothy Oulton has established a global network of stores selling handcrafted, vintage-inspired furniture. The British designer talks to Rose Kaye about quality, heritage and yellow submarines

The furniture and interiors brand Timothy Oulton is authentic, masculine, distinctly British and packed with playful character. It’s an accurate reflection of its eponymous owner— in person the Mancunian seems searingly honest, loves a laugh and has personality to spare. Oulton cut his teeth in his father’s antiques store, where he came to love heritage furniture but also recognised its limitations in the market. When he took the helm of the company in 1990, he turned its focus towards design, reinventing antiques and using only the best traditional techniques and fabrications. The brand’s contemporary furniture now has a global presence, with stores in Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Dallas and Beirut, to name just a few, and in-store galleries at HD Buttercup in Los Angeles, ABC Carpet & Home in New York,…

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