Posts from ‘January, 2010’

January’s Antique Fair Attracts London’s Good & Great…
There were about 400 people in the queue at 12 noon yesterday, to be amongst the first to get into London’s biggest & best decorative antiques fair.  They snaked around the lobby (I believe in the Spring and Autumn the queue usually takes the air, snaking outside) with another [...]

…STARTS TOMORROW! 
Tuesday, tomorrow, sees the start of this year’s three Decorative Fairs in London’s Battersea Park.  Everyone involved is in the Marquee at Battersea Park now dealing with the finishing touches - to the Pagodas & Pavillions Lobby and all the exhibitors are busy finessing their displays.  Well at least we hope that they are!

Of course with an [...]

(And Get The Courtesy Car From Sloane Sq.)
I don’t know about anyone else but I’m certainly going to have a very good lunch next Frday at The Decorative Fair’s Deli-cum-Brasserie courtesy of Megans (of Kings Road fame). 
When I say courtesy, I don’t mean that they’ll be paying for it – I shall. Goodness, no.  No-one ever seems [...]

Battersea Gets Ready For The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair
Not only do you get the special opening rates at The Rafayel Hotel ALL YEAR (as mentioned in the Antiques & Interior Design Diary last week) but I forgot to mention that there is a FREE shuttle povided by the hotel for guests, directly to the Marquee [...]

Try London Battersea’s Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair: An Antiques Fair With A Bent Towards Interior Design and An Informal Atmosphere…
As the team put together the last details of the the winter decorative antiques fair, discussion at the offices is all about how the fair continues to be such a success.  Amongst the flurry there was [...]

If You’re A Fan Of Chinoiserie & The Oriental Then…
As you’d know by now, if you read the Antiques & Interior Design Diary, the lobby theme for the January 2010 antiques fair in Battersea Park is Chinoiserie – to give it the full spiel “Pagodas & Pavilions: Eastern Influences on British Design”. 

So it would be obvious, [...]

We Welcome Dogs: And There’s Usually Some For Sale Too
To be honest I don’t know if dogs are allowed to some of the other indoor antique fairs but I do know that at London’s Battersea in the Marquee, The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair welcomes dogs with their owners if both are well behaved!

Our January 2010 [...]

Special Rates For Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair
If you are coming to the January fair this year, you can take the opportunity to stay at London’s newest hotel on “the left bank” of the Thames at Battersea.  It’s just open.  It’s also as eco-friendly as a hotel can be.

The hotel is just a short walk from [...]

Collectors, Dealers & Exhibitors, Interior Designers, Furnishers. Are You?
There’s still time to get free tickets for the winter 2010 fair in January, in two weeks today, by geting on our mailing list.  Please visit our main Decorative Fair site for mailing list details.

To contact the Decorative Antique & Textiles Fair with info for dealers and exhibitors, for [...]

More on Western Techniques for an Eastern Look – Japanning and Tôleware
 
Japanning is a technique developed in Britain in the last quarter of the 17th century which aimed to imitate the much sought after oriental lacquer which was being imported from the East.
Lacquer is made from layers of tree resin which is allowed to harden [...]