Antiquing in Milan

Milan is a city of fashion, elegance and grace. Staying in a Milan centre hotel provides you the opportunity to explore all those aspects of the city. You can see the latest fashions; you can admire the architectural beauties - the Duomo, Pinacoteca di Brera, La Scala and Castella Sforzesco; you can visit the museums, the art galleries and parks; and you can also go shopping. If you are interested in antiquing, Milan offers you ample opportunities to find that special something for yourself or the perfect gift for that discerning someone.

Milan has an intriguing variety of antique shops and workshops. You can find shops that specialise in furniture, scientific instruments, jewellery, glass, or the bizarre. Antique paintings, sculpture and other objects of art are also on sale, for the right price.


Art

From your Milan centre hotel, you can easily find the way to many of the art dealers in the city. Consider perusing the offerings of:

• Antichita Caiati on the Via Bagutta. This gallery specialises in stunning paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries.

• Carlo Orsi offers exclusive antique art works, including bronze sculptures and superb paintings

• Franco Sabatelli - while Sabatelli are known as furniture restorers, they also have a supply of picture frames. You can even find ones dating from as early as the 16th century.

• Walter Padovani - Located on Via della Spiga, this shop offers valuable canvases, sculpture and diverse decorative art pieces

Furniture

Looking for furniture pieces to match those you find in your classic Milan Centre hotel? You may be able to locate such pieces at one of the many galleries in Milan. Consider:

• Maurel Brucoli - this shop on Via della Spiga, specialises in 19th century furniture and other objects

• Old English Furniture. No surprise here - Old English Furniture concentrates on British furniture. It focuses on those pieces from the 18th and 19th centuries.

• Subert - on the Via della Spiga, offers 18th century furniture as well as 18th century scientific instruments

Glass

Glass is a sought after souvenir of Milan and its environs. While it is relatively easy to purchase modern glass objects, it is more challenging to locate antique glass. In Milan, one of the more popular and well-known galleries in this field is Galleria Blanchaert. It offers Murano chandeliers and Venini Vases. You can find the store easily from your Milan centre hotel by heading for the Piazza Sant'Ambogio.

Miscellaneous

Antiques are more than furniture, glass and artwork. Antiques can be any number of strange and wonderful objects. If you are interested in the peculiar, or even downright bizarre, leave your Milan centre hotel and head for L'Oro dei Farlocchi. Here, you can find American memorabilia from the 1950s as well as statues of off-beat subjects such as cacti.

For such things as scientific and/or medical instruments, you have two main choices. You can head to Subert or Old English Furniture. For jewellery and precious stones, visit Mauro Brucoli or Carlo Orsi. If you take the time to explore a little farther afield from your Milan centre hotel, you are sure to find what you want - from classic furniture to eccentric objets d'arte.