“I was brought up thinking pewter was better than gold,” says Madeleine Asplund Klingsted , the Stockholm-based interior designer behind the Swedish Grace-inspired Ställe Studios , a design-led aesthetics clinic in Soho beloved by it-girls and celebrities alike. Asplund Klingsted’s childhood home was filled with pewter plates, bowls, and egg stands painstakingly collected by her mother.

She isn’t the only one who sees pewter as precious these days. The metal alloy with medieval roots is experiencing a surge of interest, as people look to history for cues on how to decorate for the present. Data from antiques marketplace 1stDibs shows that interest in pewter have increased significantly in the last year, with searches up 500% in the last quarter of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025

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