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Glass Glazed and Onyx At The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair

More From The 1950′s… As Seen At  Battersea, October 2010 Following the article last month in the Antiques & Interior Design Diary about the 1950′s style revival and it’s popularity at antique fairs, a couple of other references… On the left, a green glazed bowl designed by Charlotte Rhead for Crown Ducal, early 1930s, and two Hornsea [...]

Chinese Pottery Sold at The Decorative Antiques Fair 2010

Diversity Of Antiques Displayed At Every Decorative Fair… At the last Battersea fair, exhibitor Great Haul of China sold this group of  Southern Chinese, late C19th ceramic wine pots. Based in Sevenoaks, Kent, The Great Haul of China sells antique Chinese, Tibetan & Burmese furniture & decorative accessories, including contemporary paintings, old lamps, jewellery & [...]

More “Sold At The Decorative Antiques Fair” ~ Danish 1960′s Glassware…

The Breadth & Depth of Interior Design Styles Represented At London’s Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair A change of style and pace from dealer Tim Smith-Vincent, with this Holmegaard glassware (Danish, 1960s) helps the Decorative Fair display the breadth of design available at the typical Decorative Fair. For an up to date of who will be [...]

Anthony Hepworth at The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair

Sold at London’s Decorative Antiques Fair:  Cathy Lewis Sculpture & Roger Holtom Artist Anthony Hepworth, a specialist dealers in modern British & Irish painting and drawing as well as sculpture & tribal art sold three of Cathy Lewis’s Heads (as picture) at the last Decorative Fair – and two more subsequently as a result of the [...]

Our London Antique Fair In Wall Street Journal

London’s Decorative Antiques Fair… Of “Battersea, Paris, New York” Fame   It’s always good to see oneselves in the papers (and their electronic equivalents) and the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair has just been featured in the Wall Strret Journal, no less. In an article about Antiques & Design Shopping in London, the Decorative Fair [...]

Salon des Antiquaires Londres = London Antiques Fair ~ Ou Non ?

French Visitors Welcome At  The London Decorative Antiques Fair ~ Or Is It Champs de Antiquites… Now we know at the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair that some people look at our Decorative Fair website from France – ooh la la!  And we know that we have some visitors to each of the three London [...]

Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair: Autumn 2010: Katherine Pole Sold…

Antique Textiles In Quilted C18th Elegance At The  Decorative Fair Katharine Pole, one of the exhibitors at September~October’s Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair sold this beautiful C18th quilt at the fair among many other linens and cottons. Katherine specialises in casual elegance in the form of French antiques & textiles, indigo blues, printed cottons & rustic linens, upholstered chairs & [...]

More 1950′s & Circa Pieces, Sold At The Decorative Antique Fair In October…

Antique Furniture From The More Recent Past Following Pippa’s post on the irrestible rise of the Fifties…  Some more images of the delights you missed… For details of all exibitors, please visit the Decorative Fair website

1950′s Style Now 60 Years Old, Pippa Writes…

A mid-century moment in design I noticed that there was an article in last weekend’s FT How to Spend It section, about how modern designers are using the 1950s as a starting block for new designs, And note how the interest in original mid-century design is holding up – and increasingly being found in a [...]

National Antiques Week: Not Such Good Timing For Our Antiques Fair!

Yes, It’s National Antiques Week Now, From 15th to 21st November It’s hard for the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair to add much to the National Antiques Week given that we have no fair after our last in October ~ until January 2011.  But we can observe and comment!  We like the idea that Graham Swift [...]