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A standing dustpan and brush sweeping set with beechwood handles, horse hair bristles and a stainless steel pan. Ideal for sweeping up dirt, dust and other messes from the floor without having to bend down. Perfect for use in busy kitchens and easy to keep within reach when most needed. From the wor..
£94.00
Ex Tax:£78.33
Brand: Small items
A traditional Japanese tradesmen's brush, with an adjustable head fitted with horsehair bristles. Designed for use by plasterers for clearing plaster dust, the soft bristles are perfect for sweeping work-benches, tabletops and shelf edges, or dusting skirting boards and architraves. A wing nut allow..
£24.00
Ex Tax:£20.00
Brand: Small items
A sturdy Japanese waist apron, of durable and dense linen, with a ribbon tie and a handy pocket. Woven in Japan by Studio M, of French origin linen, tailored with great attention to design and detail. Linen is known for its excellent water absorption and its quick drying properties, and will improve..
£79.00
Ex Tax:£65.83
Brand: Small items
A traditional Japanese waist apron or “Maekake” made from a thick, woven cotton canvas with a fringed hem. Popular since the 16th century, Japanese crafts and tradespeople have been wearing these long aprons designed to wrap tightly around the pelvic bone — stabilising the hips to avoid back strain...
£47.00
Ex Tax:£39.17
Brand: Small items
A servers apron of 100% linen, with a ribbon tie, and two handy pockets at the front. Linen is a highly durable fabric which will only improve with age, becoming softer and more absorbent over time.Designed by Yumiko Sekine, founder of Fog Linen Works. Sekine started her first business in 1993 impor..
£55.00
Ex Tax:£45.83
Brand: Small items
Small cable tidies of cherry wood designed to neatly shorten overlong, charging, data, and perhaps especially headphone cables for less snagging, clutter or mess. Produced by Naoto Yoshida, who originally sought a use for all the small scraps of fine timber the local Asahikawa furniture industry was..
£26.00
Ex Tax:£21.67
Brand: Small items
A dainty beech and sprung steel wire rake with a beech wood handle, used to help clear and unclog brushes and combs from accumulations of loose hair, dust, fluff, and lint; allowing them to function properly as cleaning and grooming aids. Made in the Versmold workshops of the Redecker company, who s..
£5.50
Ex Tax:£4.58
Brand: Small items
A five litre bottle of black potassium olive oil soap made to a unique recipe in Salon-de-Provence since 1900. Batch processed and long simmered in large cauldrons to allow for the slow and thorough saponification of lye and oil and further concentration of the soap. A general purpose detergent for ..
£60.00
Ex Tax:£50.00
Brand: Small items
A 750ml spray bottle of black potassium olive oil soap made to a unique recipe in Salon-de-Provence since 1900. Batch processed and long simmered in large cauldrons to allow for the slow and thorough saponification of lye and oil and further concentration of the soap. A general purpose detergent for..
£17.50
Ex Tax:£14.58
Brand: Small items
A tube of black potassium olive oil soap, economical and ecological, made to a unique recipe in Salon-de-Provence since 1900. A general purpose detergent for use around the home, in the kitchen, for windows, degreasing ovens and hobs, for coloured and grease stained laundry, even as an animal shampo..
£7.75
Ex Tax:£6.46
Brand: Small items
A set combining a dark amber glass bottle with black pump-action dispenser, made for Wiener Seife, and a 430g tin of their all-purpose, plant-based soap that is gentle on the skin and environment. The soap is multi-purpose, perfect for everything from floor to ceiling — including dishes, linens..
£40.00
Ex Tax:£33.33
Brand: Small items
A dark amber glass bottle with black pump-action dispenser, made for Wiener Seife, for use with their general purpose Household Soap No.80 — simply mix with water according to instructions and decant into the bottle, for a conveniently accessible way to store this fantastic natural cleaning solution..
£14.50
Ex Tax:£12.08
Brand: Small items
A longer handled hand-stitched clothes brush of oiled birch and short moderately soft horsehair. With an angled handle for neat hanging and ease of use. The Swedish tradition of visually impaired craftsmen finding work in the manufacture of brushes continues today in the form of Iris Hantverk, which..
£28.00
Ex Tax:£23.33
Brand: Small items
A flexible clothesline with four ropes, and supportive pine wood slats, suitable for outdoor use. The drying rack's length is 4 meters, and the hanging line is 2 meters on each side, providing a total of 12 metres of hanging laundry. If you have no trees to hang it between, you can just as easily dr..
£54.00
Ex Tax:£45.00
Brand: Small items
A longer handled medium hard black and white hog hair clothes brush with seven fine dense rows of bristle set into a waxed pear-wood stock. For the dusting and de-linting of cashmere, satins, and other fine textiles. From the Redecker family workshop of traditional brush-makers in Germany. 27cm x 3...
£35.00
Ex Tax:£29.17
Brand: Small items
A traditional wooden straight form shoe horn, shaped from beechwood, oiled and fitted with a leather hanging strap. For general use and portability. Made by a German family business who have been making beautiful household a grooming tools from natural materials for over 75 years. Measures 11.5cm lo..
£5.00
Ex Tax:£4.17
Brand: Small items
A 75cm long shoe or boot horn, made in Japan from bamboo. Long enough to enable the comfortable easing of feet into shoes or boots, without the need to bend over. With a rounded, tapered end to cup the heel, and a hanging loop for convenient storage between uses...
£34.00
Ex Tax:£28.33
Brand: Redecker
An ostrich feather duster with dark feathers, a varnished softwood handle, a black leather cuff and hanging band, and a total length of about 50cm. Made in South Africa for a small and long established family owned and run brushworks in North Rhein-Westfalia. Genuine ostrich dusters are considered b..
£24.00
Ex Tax:£20.00
Brand: Redecker
An ostrich feather duster with a clear varnished whitewood handle, a dark leather cuff, hanging band, and a large exceptionally soft white feather head. It is ideal for the most delicate items. Total length about 65cm. Made in South Africa for a small and long established family owned and ..
£45.00
Ex Tax:£37.50
Brand: Redecker
120cm, twisted, PVC sheathed, stainless steel wire, black goat hair, about 30cm of brush, 120cm total length. Very flexible shaft, for cleaning behind and between radiator fins and other hard to reach places. From Germany...
£15.00
Ex Tax:£12.50
Brand: Small items
For the cleaning of Venetian blinds. Goat hair, steel wire, and beech. The four brushes are designed to slide between and along the blind slats, quickly and effectively dusting these hard to reach niches. Made in Germany in the workshops of a small but long established family of brush-makers. The fo..
£20.00
Ex Tax:£16.67
Brand: Small items
A simple hand stitched dust-brush of beech, steel wire, and soft goat hair of creamy white or dun grey. For the quick dusting of delicate surfaces, furniture, and small moveables. From the company of Iris Hantverk whose workshops in Sweden and Estonia were founded to provide traditional handcraft em..
£26.00
Ex Tax:£21.67
Brand: Redecker
With an oiled pear-wood handle and a hand sewn head of long, fine, and exceptionally soft goat hair, either light with a dark spot, or the reverse. Leather loop for hanging. A slightly more accurate alternative to the feather duster, and one which may be used with a little more vigour. Hand stitched..
£32.50
Ex Tax:£27.08
Brand: Redecker
With an oiled pear-wood handle and a hand sewn head of long, fine, and exceptionally soft goat hair, either light with a dark spot, or the reverse. Leather loop for hanging. A slightly more accurate alternative to the feather duster, and one which may be used with a little more vigour. Hand stitched..
£32.50
Ex Tax:£27.08
Brand: Redecker
A handsome cobweb brush with a long reach (80cm) handle turned from beech and finished with wax. This traditionally shaped round brush head is fitted with soft black horsehair bristles, and has two slots to the head, so that the brush head can be removed and re-positioned, allowing for two angle set..
£50.00
Ex Tax:£41.67
Brand: Redecker
A flat-profiled brush made of oiled beechwood fitted with two brush heads, one of soft goat hair for dusting the computer’s screen, the other a single row of light bristles for cleaning between rows of keys and dusting tight crevices. From the German workshops of the Redecker company, who since thei..
£30.00
Ex Tax:£25.00
Brand: Redecker
Pearwood, goathair and bristle, about 28cm in length, leather loop for hanging. A front section of strong bristles is for the removal of more stubborn dirt from book spines, the softer goathair for the gentle dusting of page edges. From a small family business in Germany who have been hand making br..
£27.50
Ex Tax:£22.92
Brand: Small items
A resin-set dust brush made with pure hog bristle, with a natural wooden handle — traditionally used by decorators to clean woodwork and decorative panels prior to painting. Slightly stiffer than our goat-hair dust-brushes, these are ideal for dusting more robust items, cobwebs, or those with more d..
£14.50
Ex Tax:£12.08
Brand: Small items
A black hog bristled dust brush set with three separately ferruled heads giving a less dense, therefore softer head whilst retaining the spring of stiffer bristles. Ideal for more robust items, small cobwebs, or things with more deeply ingrained and heavier build ups of grime. From the company of R...
£21.00
Ex Tax:£17.50
Brand: Samuel Lamont
Natural unbleached linen scrim, hard wearing, lint free, the best material for polishing glass, also good as an all round cleaning cloth, polishing cloth, or duster, wet or dry, with waxes or detergents. The scrim should be boiled before use to remove the size that aids weaving so improving absorben..
£8.00
Ex Tax:£6.67
A thick cotton waffle weave cleaning cloth from Sweden. It quite large at approximately 50cm by 60cm, possibly too big for the dishes but is excellent used wet or dry for washing, dusting, and polishing floors or larger areas, especially when wrapped in the traditional manner about a ship's mop, or ..
£10.50
Ex Tax:£8.75
Brand: Iris Hantverk
A stylish shoe care box complete with all the tools needed to keep shoes and boots looking their best. This metal box includes two applicators; one for light and one for dark shoe polish, a polishing brush, a polishing cloth and a sturdy wooden shoe horn with leather hanging strap. Each item in the ..
£99.00
Ex Tax:£82.50
Brand: Small items
A 60% cotton, 40% linen woven apron, with wide herringbone woven straps, dyed in-the-piece, a deep 'Florist Green'. Grown and woven entirely in France, this apron gives good coverage, and has a front patch pocket, stitched down the middle to create two convenient storage spaces. Manufactured in Arme..
£71.00
Ex Tax:£59.17
Brand: Small items
A soft and slubby linen apron woven from 91% linen, 9% cotton with wide herringbone woven straps, dyed in-the-piece a deep red. Grown and woven entirely in France, this apron is pre-washed for softness, with a front patch pocket, stitched down the middle to create two convenient storage spaces...
£65.00
Ex Tax:£54.17
Brand: Small items
A soft and slubby linen apron woven from 91% linen, 9% cotton with wide herringbone woven straps, in natural undyed linen. Grown and woven entirely in France, this apron is pre-washed for softness, with a front patch pocket, stitched down the middle to create two convenient storage spaces. Manufactu..
£65.00
Ex Tax:£54.17
Brand: Small items
A soft and slubby linen apron woven from 91% linen, 9% cotton with wide herringbone woven straps, dyed in-the-piece a deep 'Oxyde' washed black/green. Grown and woven entirely in France, this apron is pre-washed for softness, with a front patch pocket, stitched down the middle to create two convenie..
£65.00
Ex Tax:£54.17
Brand: Small items
A soft and slubby linen apron woven from 91% linen, 9% cotton with wide herringbone woven straps, dyed in-the-piece a soft pale blue-green. Grown and woven entirely in France, this apron is pre-washed for softness, with a front patch pocket, stitched down the middle to create two convenient storage ..
£65.00
Ex Tax:£54.17
Brand: Small items
An oiled oak, solidly constructed bootjack, for the removal of wellies and walking boots without the need for stooping or using your hands. Keep in the porch, boot room or inside the back door. Re-oil from time to time, to maintain condition. From the workshops of the Redecker company, who since the..
£29.50
Ex Tax:£24.58
Brand: Small items
An upright hand broom with stitched rice straw bristles and a turned beech wood handle, made in Germany by Burstenhaus Redecker. Great for sweeping kitchen floors, or small areas like porches, utility and rest rooms. Redecker have been hand making brushes using traditional methods since 1935. Still ..
£12.50
Ex Tax:£10.42
Oil treated birch, 485mm by 49mm. For Iris Hantverk brushes, and made by visually impaired craftsmen in their Swedish workshops from locally, and sustainably sourced birch. Tidies up any kitchen, scullery, or bathroom perfectly, and allows the brushes to dry and air properly. Designed so that longer..
£35.00
Ex Tax:£29.17
A traditionally hand-made carpet beater or futon tataki made from rattan in Vietnam. Obviously good for beating futons, but also lighter rugs, moveable carpets, and especially natural woollen blankets — items which can be difficult to vacuum, too delicate to wash, and perhaps reluctant to be dry cle..
£12.00
Ex Tax:£10.00
Brand: Small items
A pure black and white hogs bristle broom head, resin set by hand in to an oiled hardwood stock. Perfect for sweeping hard indoor floors, the natural bristles generate less static than similar synthetic brooms, and tend in time to wear away, rather than ball at their tips, giving a longer effective ..
£28.50
Ex Tax:£23.75
A broad broom head with pure black bristle, resin set by hand in to an oiled hardwood stock. Perfect for sweeping hard indoor floors, the natural bristles generate less static than similar synthetic brooms, and tend in time to wear away, rather than ball at their tips, giving a longer effective life..
£47.00
Ex Tax:£39.17
Brand: Small items
A hand-sewn, shaped, and assembled dark horsehair broom with a waxed and dyed beech stock, and detachable softwood handle. The moderately soft fine bristles are ideally suited to the sweeping of most internal floors, collecting dust and fine particles more effectively than stiffer synthetic or veget..
£49.50
Ex Tax:£41.25
Brand: Small items
A hand-sewn, shaped, and assembled dark horsehair hand brush with a waxed and dyed beech turned-wood handle and a leather hanging loop. The moderately soft fine bristles are ideally suited to the sweeping of most internal floors, collecting dust and fine particles more effectively than stiffer synth..
£35.00
Ex Tax:£29.17
Brand: Small items
A handsome hand brush with an oiled beechwood turned-wood handle with leather hanging loop, and a thick head of split horsehair fibres. Split horsehair is especially soft and therefore ideal to sweep fine dust. Horsehair is great for cleaning and sweeping. This natural fibre does not create a static..
£26.50
Ex Tax:£22.08
Brand: Small items
A handsome broom ideal for all types of hard indoor flooring, with an oiled beech wood stock, fitted with soft, dark horsehair bristles. A soft, yet firm brush, great for thorough sweeping. Measures 30 cm across the head. From a family owned and run brush making workshop in the town of Versmold, in ..
£26.50
Ex Tax:£22.08
Swedish broom suitable for outdoor or indoor use, made from birch and palmyra fibre (bassine) from the same Indian palm as the 'delicious' sago. In Sweden, there is a tradition of visually impaired craftsmen finding work in the manufacture of brushes. This continues today in the form of Iris Hantwer..
£35.00
Ex Tax:£29.17
A hand drawn brush of long arenga fibre stitched into a birch stock and handle. Arenga - derived from the trunks of a South East Asian sugar palm - is considered one of the hardest wearing of all natural brush fibres, traditionally used for marine ropes and caulk, its water resistance and flexibilit..
£71.00
Ex Tax:£59.17
Brand: Large items
A large, 13” by 3.5" waxed beech stock with 16 x 5 rows of stiff long 6” natural bahia fill, heavy duty shippen stable or yard bass broom. Hand set in England. Perfect for scrubbing moss and general driftings from yards, flags, and cobbles, or sweeping hosed slurry down a shippen or stable.Please no..
£37.00
Ex Tax:£30.83
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