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Antiques shopping in Rome

  1. A

    Comics Bazar

    Not a comic in sight – this attic-like treasure-trove is crammed to its rafters with antiques. Wade through the lamps that hang everywhere like jungle creepers and you’ll find furniture dating from the 19th century to the 1940s, including a large selection of Viennese furniture by Thonet. You might even find the shopkeeper hidden away among it all.

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  2. B

    Animalier & Oltre

    This basement appears to be full of the cast-offs of an eccentric, aristocratic family, with bric-a-brac, curios, antiques and unique furniture. Wrought-iron furniture and leather sofas sit alongside a selection of animal-shaped antiques that includes reproductions of 19th-century French animalier sculptures.

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  3. C

    Casali

    Via dei Coronari’s shops mostly specialise in antique furniture or marble, but Casali deals in antique prints, many delicately hand-coloured. The shop is small but the choice is not, ranging from 16th-century botanical manuscripts to €3 postcard prints of Rome.

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  4. D

    Nardecchia

    You’ll be inviting people to see your etchings after a visit to Nardecchia, where the range encompasses everything from 18th-century etchings of Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi to more affordable 19th-century panoramas.

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  5. E

    Lumieres

    Cut a swath through the metallic stalks that have all but taken over this delightfully unpretentious shop and you’ll discover a large collection of antique lamps, ranging from Art Nouveau and Art Deco to 1950s.

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