Industries

Design and Antiques

For dealers, collectors and specialists working with historical and collectible objects. Attribution may be qualified, dates may be approximate, and restoration can matter as much as appearance. Art.Industries records the evidence behind each description, keeping maker, period, provenance, condition and ownership with the object.

The blueprint

A design and antiques record

Start with a blueprint for unique historical objects, then shape it around the periods, makers and categories you handle by adding, renaming or hiding fields.

Maker, designer and workshop
Attribution and cataloguing terms
Date, period and place
Style, movement and culture
Materials, construction and technique
Marks, stamps and inscriptions
Provenance and ownership history
Condition, restoration and alterations
Literature, exhibitions and comparables

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In every record

Current location and movement history
Availability, consignments, loans and holds
Pricing, valuations and sales history
Images, details and installation views
Multilingual titles and descriptions

Every arrangement

Single pieces and sets
Consignment
Restoration
Loans

Working with contemporary furniture? See Furniture

Art.Industries comes with predetermined blueprints for each industry: a ready-made set of sections and fields suited to what you sell. Start from the one that fits, or create a blueprint of your own, fully custom to your industry. One workspace can use several at once.

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Why it is managed differently

Attribution comes in degrees

An object may be documented as by a maker, attributed to a workshop or associated with a circle or period. The record preserves that distinction instead of forcing certainty.

Maker
Attribution
Period

Restoration changes the reading

Repairs, replacement parts and later alterations can affect how an object is understood and valued. Recording what changed gives buyers and specialists a clearer account of its condition.

Condition
Restoration
Alterations

Marks can carry evidence

Stamps, labels, signatures and workshop marks may help identify who made an object and where it came from. Detailed images keep that evidence visible beside its description.

Marks
Inscriptions
Detail images

Provenance adds context

Previous owners, sales, exhibitions and published references build the object’s history. Keeping those sources together makes it easier to distinguish established facts from later interpretations.

Provenance
Literature
Exhibitions

Answers

For Design and Antiques

Can I record uncertain or qualified attribution?

Yes. Attribution can be described with the terminology appropriate to the object, supported by notes, images, documents and references that explain the basis for it.

Can restoration be separated from general condition?

Yes. Condition, repairs, restoration and later alterations can be recorded separately, giving a clearer account of the object than a single condition label.

Can I attach old invoices and provenance documents?

Yes. Supporting documents can remain with the object record, including invoices, certificates, correspondence, catalogue pages and other material connected to its history.

Can I use different blueprints for contemporary and antique pieces?

Yes. One workspace can combine several blueprints, allowing antique objects, contemporary furniture, jewellery and other categories to retain the fields that suit them.