The skyline's the limit

Sometimes it really works when old meets new, classic meets quirky and Harry meets Sally.

Check out these specially-commissioned Ercol love seats, used to furnish Lancaster House in celebration of the impending Olympics, showcasing the best of British designers...

Timourous Beasties have provided the quirky textile design, which features the diversity of city life, from the iconic silhouettes of Westminster to daily life on the south bank, all against a backdrop of traditional pastoral scenes and Victorian toile.