In 2010, a 22-year-old Orlando Atty arrived at his first job a the ‘offices’ of Robert Kime. A group of old farm buildings in Marlborough that served as Kime’s antique store greeted him. Orlando commuted a short distance across the English countryside to spend the days cataloging and then managing the vast array of items Robert had on offer. A year or so later, his role moved to town. His days would now be spent at the Kime headquarters in London—a splendid Georgian building around the corner from Bloomsbury’s British Museum. Referred to simply as Museum Street, it housed Robert Kime’s then shop, which seamlessly blended with the upstairs living accommodations for Kime and his wife Helen. In 2016 Orlando took on more responsibility as the business expanded to its present London location on Ebury Street. Each day, the layers, the details of the world according to Kime, were peeled back.

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