Posts from ‘September, 2009’

… But Don’t Worry ~ Stock Gets Replaced Every Day!
STOP PRESS: Yesterday saw the opening of The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair’s 25th year’s Autumn event: And with what an amazing attendance.
The good news is that stock is replaced as each or any piece is sold, so every antique and modern and textile and interior design exhibitor has a [...]

Yes We Have No Bananas*
We pictured a wonderful Dutch C.18th bombe commode the other day (as seen here again) in a piece about mixing styles up (antique & modern/exotic) as part of the interior design mode.  And in doing so it made me worry that with all the efforts that we put in here to make sure [...]

The Sun Is Shining In London’s Battersea Park Today On Our Famous Antique & Textiles Fair!
We are delighted to welcome all our September/October 2009 exhibitors and all our visitors to this Autumn’s Decorative Fair today.  The sun is shining and it’s looking good all round as visitors and exhibitors get down to the less serious business of [...]

Park in Battersea Park or Shuttle From Chelsea’s Sloane Square To Get To Battersea’s Premiere Antique Fair
Visitors to London will find it easy to get to our Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair.
FREE Decorative Fair Courtesy Shuttle
Once you’re in London, there’s the tube to Sloane Square or Victoria and it’s a medium-to-short walk.  Best is to get to Sloane Square [...]

As Seen in Selvedge, Specialist Textiles Magazine
It’s good for the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair to be seen in it’s textile mode…  after all it’s easy for it to be seen in it’s ”antique furniture” guise.  But one of the things that makes our fair better and more interesting for the interior designer is the breadth of exhibitors & [...]

British & Scandinavian Furniture & Design
Tim Smith-Vincent is a specialist in mid-century modern British and Scandinavian design, and a regular exhibitor at our Decorative Antique & Textiles Fairs.  Welcome back to Battersea…
Tim is bringing an exciting piece of Festival of Britain history – an original 1951 set of the chairs that were created for the outside seating [...]

Darnley Fine Art at Battersea’s Famous Fair
The decorative Antique & Textile Fair is pleased to show a painting in the Antiques & Interior Design Diary that will be seen for the first time at the fair – as yet it has not been seen by anyone…  It will be on the Darnley Fine Art stand.
By [...]

Are You Interested In Antique & Textiles As Part Of Your Decor & Design Planning?
A huge proportion of our visitors at the Battersea Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair come to the fair as either designers or private individuals currently thinking about designing their homes.  Often it’s a specific room or a collection of rooms that they have in [...]

Find Your Own Objets Trouvé At Battersea Park
Some design inspirations this season are drawn from natural objets trouvé, which have been extremely popular at the Decorative Fair for a while, such as coral, fossils, and other natural history items.  Coral seems particularly influential this autumn, with vivid shades of red, shapes and details in furniture [...]

Mix & Match the Centuries With Antiques & Textiles At Battersea
The front cover of this month’s (September 2009) House & Garden magazine shows a fantastic continental bombe commode displayed amidst vibrant aboriginal paintings, in the contemporary penthouse home of an art collector & dealer. It demonstrates beautifully how the centuries can blend together or juxtapose successfuly – [...]