“Society’s Craze For Chandeliers: Business Romance Of A Woman Expert”
“Mrs M.E. Crick…… one of the leading authorities in London…… a vivacious woman possessed of humour, and with a twinkle in her eye.”
THE STAR, Saturday December 9th 1922
“British Scene: Victorian Fixtures In Ottawa”
“Michael and Mary Denton, two specialists in the chandelier business here, have just returned from Ottawa, where they supervised the assembly of six chandeliers of Victorian vintage in the West Block of the Parliament Buildings……It seems that chandeliers, like other things, have their seasons of fashion, and according to this family they are popular now.”
THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Thursday February 27th 1964
“92 Years in Prisms”
“…captivating its customers with shimmering chandeliers and glassware.
Michael and Mary Denton were involved in the business for as long as they can remember. ‘I was first handed a pair of pinning pliers at the age of four,’ says Michael. Their combined knowledge of chandeliers is naturally awesome. Over the years they’ve seen grand chandeliers of every period and style come and go – and come back again. Only recently we bought one that our grandmother sold to Syrie Maugham for Wilsdon Manor’……M.E. Crick is still as famous as ever for the quality and quantity of the shimmering stock hanging from the ceiling.”
THE WORLD OF INTERIORS May 1992
Crystal Magnificence in London – Discoveries by Designers
“No one knows more about chandeliers than the Denton and Crick families, who’ve been in business for generations and whose holdings continue to amaze and dazzle,” says Graham Viney (above). Mary Elizabeth Crick established the first shop in 1900 with one chandelier, not far from the present location of Denton Antiques, where stellar confections include a gilt-bronze-and-cut-glass candelabrum (right), circa 1815-20, with waterfall prisms and sunburst ornament.
ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST September 2005
“Chandelier Cleaner’ Busy Time”
“Women assistants in West end antique shop have a monopoly of cleaning the chandeliers of London’s houses. Parts of a chandelier are here seen being re-assembled after cleaning. Sometimes it takes three days to clean a chandelier.”
THE ILLLUSTRATED CHRONICLE, Monday 11th December 1922
“Fit for a King: The Golden Look for Room 200”
“But the crowning glory of Room 200 is the set of antique crystal chandeliers. The six eight foot deep fixtures, were bought in their thousand pieces from England. Special chandelier experts were brought out to assemble them.”
THE OTTAWA JOURNAL, Friday February 14th 1964
“…fair organisers watch carefully as a 750lb antique chandelier made of nearly 3,000 pieces is lifted into place at the Olympia Fine Art and Antiques Fair which opens tomorrow in West London”
(Photograph : Olympia Fine Arts and Antiques Show)
THE TIMES, Wednesday 2nd June 1999
“Walkabout in W8”
“Gone are the days when everyone wanted spotlights and downlights in every room. Decorative mood lighting is important.” Beata Heuman gazes skywards while at Denton Antiques. She is pictured with Elizabeth Denton, the great-granddaughter of Mrs ME Crick who opened her first shop in Kensington Church Street around 1900. Maria Speake dubbed it “the place to take a client for some knock-your-socks-off lighting.”
LONDON Summer Capital of Art,
ANTIQUES TRADE GAZETTE Supplement 2017, p8-13
“Crystal Lights and Rainbow Glass”
“The exquisite beauty of antique glass possesses an influence that very few women can resist……Several of the foreign Embassies in London, notably the new American Embassy at Princes Gate, have been supplied by Mrs Crick ……an Indian Palace and a large Berlin Hotel……Today, when our ruling passion in decoration is simplicity and utility, the beauty of glass which amplifies and reflects the source of our illumination makes a special appeal to us, and properly used, lends charm and distinction to our furnishing schemes.”
THE DAILY NEWS AND WESTMINSTER GAZETTE, October 1st 1929
“The Well Appointed Decorator.”
“Nina Campbell, in a crystal cloud at Denton’s in London – ‘the most remarkable chandelier shop on earth’ “
HOUSE AND GARDEN March 1989
“London Calling, Nina Campbell’s favourite sources for the English Style”
“I buy chandeliers and wall lights for my clients at Mrs.M.E.Crick, but I also love their coloured glass…… but for me the cornerstone is Mrs M.E. Crick, the best source in London for chandeliers and wall lights. The shop is one of those London treasures untouched by time; it still has its original mahogany display cabinets……”Our staff love to talk to customers, watch their eyes light up as they point out the crispness of the hand-cut glass or show them the restorations in our workshop behind the shop. There is no such thing as a collector of chandeliers. How many does one need in a lifetime? Most people need advice; they need to take their time.””
ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST February 2000
”Rayman Boozer of Apartment 48, Principal Bedroom”
‘West meets East in a bedroom designed to seduce. ‘I’ve chosen to go romantic and a bit sexy,’ Rayman Boozer.
Step into the WOWhouse’s Principal Bedroom and enter a world of voluptuous textures in a colour scheme taken straight from a jewel box. Inspired by the sensual imagery of Peter Greenaway’s 1996 film the Pillow Book, and theBohemian styling of 1960’s London, Apartment 48’s Rayman Boozerhas enveloped his room in staurated shades of sapphire,ultramarine, azure blue, ruby red and accents of glistening gold…’
WOWHOUSE WONDERBOOK 2022, p40. July 2022.
“Society’s Craze For Chandeliers: Business Romance Of A Woman Expert”
“Mrs M.E. Crick…… one of the leading authorities in London…… a vivacious woman possessed of humour, and with a twinkle in her eye.”
THE STAR, Saturday December 9th 1922
“Crystal Lights and Rainbow Glass”
“The exquisite beauty of antique glass possesses an influence that very few women can resist……Several of the foreign Embassies in London, notably the new American Embassy at Princes Gate, have been supplied by Mrs Crick ……an Indian Palace and a large Berlin Hotel……Today, when our ruling passion in decoration is simplicity and utility, the beauty of glass which amplifies and reflects the source of our illumination makes a special appeal to us, and properly used, lends charm and distinction to our furnishing schemes.”
THE DAILY NEWS AND WESTMINSTER GAZETTE, October 1st 1929
“Chandelier Cleaner’ Busy Time”
“Women assistants in West end antique shop have a monopoly of cleaning the chandeliers of London’s houses. Parts of a chandelier are here seen being re-assembled after cleaning. Sometimes it takes three days to clean a chandelier.”
THE ILLLUSTRATED CHRONICLE, Monday 11th December 1922
“British Scene: Victorian Fixtures In Ottawa”
“Michael and Mary Denton, two specialists in the chandelier business here, have just returned from Ottawa, where they supervised the assembly of six chandeliers of Victorian vintage in the West Block of the Parliament Buildings……It seems that chandeliers, like other things, have their seasons of fashion, and according to this family they are popular now.”
THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Thursday February 27th 1964
“Fit for a King: The Golden Look for Room 200”
“But the crowning glory of Room 200 is the set of antique crystal chandeliers. The six eight foot deep fixtures, were bought in their thousand pieces from England. Special chandelier experts were brought out to assemble them.”
THE OTTAWA JOURNAL, Friday February 14th 1964
“The Well Appointed Decorator.”
“Nina Campbell, in a crystal cloud at Denton’s in London – ‘the most remarkable chandelier shop on earth’ “
HOUSE AND GARDEN March 1989
“92 Years in Prisms”
“…captivating its customers with shimmering chandeliers and glassware.
Michael and Mary Denton were involved in the business for as long as they can remember. ‘I was first handed a pair of pinning pliers at the age of four,’ says Michael. Their combined knowledge of chandeliers is naturally awesome. Over the years they’ve seen grand chandeliers of every period and style come and go – and come back again. Only recently we bought one that our grandmother sold to Syrie Maugham for Wilsdon Manor’……M.E. Crick is still as famous as ever for the quality and quantity of the shimmering stock hanging from the ceiling.”
THE WORLD OF INTERIORS May 1992
“…fair organisers watch carefully as a 750lb antique chandelier made of nearly 3,000 pieces is lifted into place at the Olympia Fine Art and Antiques Fair which opens tomorrow in West London”
(Photograph : Olympia Fine Arts and Antiques Show)
THE TIMES, Wednesday 2nd June 1999
“London Calling, Nina Campbell’s favourite sources for the English Style”
“I buy chandeliers and wall lights for my clients at Mrs.M.E.Crick, but I also love their coloured glass…… but for me the cornerstone is Mrs M.E. Crick, the best source in London for chandeliers and wall lights. The shop is one of those London treasures untouched by time; it still has its original mahogany display cabinets……”Our staff love to talk to customers, watch their eyes light up as they point out the crispness of the hand-cut glass or show them the restorations in our workshop behind the shop. There is no such thing as a collector of chandeliers. How many does one need in a lifetime? Most people need advice; they need to take their time.””
ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST February 2000
Crystal Magnificence in London – Discoveries by Designers
“No one knows more about chandeliers than the Denton and Crick families, who’ve been in business for generations and whose holdings continue to amaze and dazzle,” says Graham Viney (above). Mary Elizabeth Crick established the first shop in 1900 with one chandelier, not far from the present location of Denton Antiques, where stellar confections include a gilt-bronze-and-cut-glass candelabrum (right), circa 1815-20, with waterfall prisms and sunburst ornament.
ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST September 2005
“Walkabout in W8”
“Gone are the days when everyone wanted spotlights and downlights in every room. Decorative mood lighting is important.” Beata Heuman gazes skywards while at Denton Antiques. She is pictured with Elizabeth Denton, the great-granddaughter of Mrs ME Crick who opened her first shop in Kensington Church Street around 1900. Maria Speake dubbed it “the place to take a client for some knock-your-socks-off lighting.”
LONDON Summer Capital of Art,
ANTIQUES TRADE GAZETTE Supplement 2017, p8-13
”Rayman Boozer of Apartment 48, Principal Bedroom”
‘West meets East in a bedroom designed to seduce. ‘I’ve chosen to go romantic and a bit sexy,’ Rayman Boozer.
Step into the WOWhouse’s Principal Bedroom and enter a world of voluptuous textures in a colour scheme taken straight from a jewel box. Inspired by the sensual imagery of Peter Greenaway’s 1996 film the Pillow Book, and theBohemian styling of 1960’s London, Apartment 48’s Rayman Boozerhas enveloped his room in staurated shades of sapphire,ultramarine, azure blue, ruby red and accents of glistening gold…’
WOWHOUSE WONDERBOOK 2022, p40. July 2022.
