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does specialize in spectacular light fittings and First Republic chrome tube chairs.
Mon-Fri
10am-7pm, Sat & Sun noon-6pm.
Art Deco
Michalská 21 224 815 848,
artdecoprague.com
;
metro Můstek;
map
.
A
stylish antique shop crammed with a wonderful mixture of clothes, hats, mufflers, teapots,
glasses, clocks and art from the first half of the twentieth century.
Mon-Fri 11am-7pm, Sat
11am-3pm.
antiquestore,packedtotherafterswitheveryconceivabletrinket.Thecentrallocationmeans
that prices are quite high, but the place is worth visiting for the spectacle alone. The owner
also runs a larger place round the corner.
Daily 10am-6pm.
hold of Bohemian garnet jewellery made in North Bohemia.
Daily 10am-9pm.
Kubista
Ovocný trh 19 224 236 378,
kubista.cz
; metro Náměstí Republiky;
map
.
Beautiful shop housed in the House of the Black Madonna and selling reproductions of some
of the museum's exquisite Cubist ceramics, jewellery and furniture.
Tues-Sat 10am-7pm,
Sun noon-7pm.
Manufaktura
Melantrichova 17 230 234 376,
manufaktura.cz
; metro Staroměstská;
straw decorations, honeycomb candles and sundry kitchen utensils. Other branches at Kar-
lova 26, Celetná 12, Mostecká 17 and the airport.
Daily 10am-8pm.
NOVÉ MĚSTO
everything from socialist-era pin badges to 1960s lightshades, 1980s Czechoslovak toy cars
to German-built wardrobes at this cheap junk shop south of the city centre.
Erratic opening
hours.
crystal manufacturers in the country - though you won't find many bargains here.
Mon-Fri
10am-8pm, Sat & Sun 10am-7pm.
BOOKS, MAPS AND GRAPHICS
Sadly many of Prague's English-language bookstores have closed in recent years as expats
went online for their reading material. The city does boast several musty
secondhand
book-
stores(
antikvariát
),somepriceyantiquarian-typeplaces,otherscheap,ramblingshops;many
of these also stock a good selection of old prints and posters.