Our History


FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE25th October 2016
Visit by the Patrons of the Fitzwilliam Museum
DECOREX 2016, SYON PARK18th September 2016
One of our hand carved and water-gilt ‘Anthemion’ mirrors on The Sir John Soane’s Museum stand. The original Robert Adam design is held by the museum. The stand was designed by Ben Pentreath.
BSECS7th January 2016
Lecture and demonstration of gilding given by Mark Ossowski at the British Society of Eighteenth Century Studies annual conference in Oxford.
GAINSBOROUGH HOUSE MUSEUM9th December 2015
Visit by the Patrons of the Gainsborough House Museum, Sudbury, Suffolk.

DECOREX 2014, SYON PARK21st September 2014
One of our hand carved and water-gilt ‘Anthemion’ mirrors on the stand of The Sir John Soane’s Museum. The original Robert Adam design is held by the museum.
MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL: INSIDE THE OSSOWSKI GILDING & CONSERVATION STUDIO15th November 2012
Visit by LoveArtLondon.
www.loveartlondon.com
TALK BY MARK OSSOWSKI TO BATH PRESERVATION TRUST28th May 2012
Mark Ossowski spoke to volunteers and staff at No 1 Royal Crescent, Bath, about their own fine collection of giltwood 18th century furniture and the venerable art of gilding itself.
History13th January 2005
The Ossowski business was founded in 1960 by Albin Ossowski at the gallery on the Pimlico Road which we still occupy.
Here is a link to an article in The Guardian newspaper from 2005 that deals mainly with my parent’s WWII experiences:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/jan/13/secondworldwar.poland?INTCMP=SRCH
Mark Ossowski.