I've read that old-style metal train luggage racks are an attractive way to store towels in a bathroom. Can you tell me who supplies them?
VM, London W10.

Train-style luggage racks in brass (above), based on the racks in the old Paris Metro carriages are sold by mail order from The French House, 0870 901 4547, www.thefrenchhouse.net. There are two widths: 60cm, at £182, and 90cm, at £215. The Renovation Store, 0191 384 4111, www.therenovationstore.co.uk, sources New England-style products from the USA. It sells a hotel towel rack – similar to a luggage rack – in antique nickel or in burnished brass, 60cm wide, at £150. Towel and robe racks in polished nickel, from £632, by French company Volevatch are available from The Water Monopoly, 020 7624 2636, www.watermonopoly.com (click on the Parisian link under accessories).

CELIA RUFEY