The Battersea “Decorative” a BIG HIT Stateside

Artnet (“The Art World Online”) Says The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair could just be the best antiques bargain-shopping on both sides of the pond

And who are we to argue.  BROOK S. MASON (the U.S. correspondent for the Art Newspaper who also writes for the Financial Times and other publications) appreciated and enjoyed both the atmosphere and the ideosyncrasy at the Decorative Fair and she gave it a great review with very little held back! You can read the review in situ - or see some of the highlights here.

“It’s packed to the gills with vetted treasures both high and low from 134 dealers, predominantly British but with a sprinkling of French and Dutch participants”.  

Adding a US perspective Brook puts our London antique fair in the spotlight “Unlike some U.S. fairs, the Decorative (as it’s called) is neither exceedingly drafty, dark nor muddy underfoot. This fair covers in excess of 50,000 square feet and is housed within a trim aluminum, single-story structure filled with natural light and carpeted, to boot”.

And there was special praise for our lobby “Smack dab in front is a selling exhibition, “The Best of the British,” staged by London dealer Alasdair Brown.  He’s flooded the floor with Brit icons, such as a 1990 red Austin Mini, its roof painted to resemble the Union Jack; plus an entire squadron of 19th-century guardsmen uniforms brimming with brass buttons and topped by bear-skin hats; plus pub signs, classic London Underground posters, sofas upholstered in his nation’s flag and a set of six Gillows 1840 beech chairs with rush seats. Priced at £5,900, those chairs have to be among the best buys on the fair floor”.