Homes & Antiques

Julia Boston

The tempting mélange of French furniture, blue and white pottery, verdure tapestries, Old Master paintings and antiquarian prints that fill Julia Boston’s King’s Road shop reflect a keenly honed eye and a business that has triumphed despite significant changes in fashion over two and a half decades. Her introduction to the world of antiques started early. ‘I was brought up with antiques around me. As a child I was taken to Portobello

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