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ADAM BENTLEY / ANTIQUES DEALER After learning about furniture design, cabinet making and restoration in Leeds, Adam moved to London in 2004 and took a job with the late Geoff Westland, selling antiques in Shoreditch. He went on to work as a conservator for Plowden & Smith, where he acquired ‘skills in different areas of art and antique conservation’. In 2016, he met Lucinda Chetwode and they became business partners: ‘She had the great reputation among established dealers and I had the background knowledge in conservation.’ They opened a Battersea showroom together in 2017. Adam’s renovation of the cottage adjoining his childhood home in Yorkshire is featured from page 112. What is the appeal of antiques for you? ‘They are a way of life. I love the history of objects and the…