The Antiques Roadshow

We tried to go to the Antiques Roadshow when it was at Chatsworth. One thing and another got in the way and we were gutted we couldn't make it. Then, when I was pregnant, we heard that it was visiting the Museum Gardens and decided we needed to take our chairs there. The chairs were left in our house when we moved in. We loved them but were going to re-upholster them as the fabric was a bit brown and didn't match anything. So I googled them and although we found out they were a design classic we didn't find that much out so they were perfect for the Antiques Roadshow.

This is Simon and Della as we walked to the show:

When we arrived there were queues everywhere - luckily with a small child you can get away with quite a lot and we jumped the first huge queue and got straight into the 'furniture' queue:

We waited for AGES but eventually got seen by the furniture expert. She didn't know what the chairs were so went and got the 20th Century expert. He said he saw the chair from across the field and got very excited. After a little bit of digging around (which we think he did on his iPhone) he came back and without telling us any detail about the chairs asked if we would be happy to be on the show. We of course said yes and were taken to a holding area:

We got a 3.30 spot for make up (I know!! I looked a bit like a doll and Simon looked lovely with his dusting down!) Then it was time for filming and to find out what all the fuss was about!

The crew

Us all miked up

You may be wondering what we did with Della - well the production crew were more than happy to look after her!

So it turns out the chairs were designed by Eric Lyons and the fabric by Marianne Straub. Its called a Demountable Easy Chair from 1946-1950. We are not sure is we will make the cut but if we do it should be aired at the end of the year. 

What an exciting day!!