“He’s a serious collector. The bronze empire revival lamps in the dining room once stood in the British Museum. “The Fashion studio was in front of the British Museum… so I had a timely call from across the road ”
Then there is the marble column and bust of Hercules in the front hall — it was originally acquired on the Grand Tour, but Drew bought it from a former curator at the Victoria & Albert Museum. “I thought that three strapping contractors could lift the marble bust onto its plinth, but he was so heavy we actually had to get a small crane in the hall; all in the line of duty”
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