Posts from ‘September, 2011’

Post War Furniture & Lamps & Wallpaper… For Sale As mentioned in the last post in the Antiques & Interior Design Diary, the Festival of Britain themed foyer has been extremely well received. So far sales have included the c1960 Terence Conran-designed wicker chairs (the table is still for sale), pictured here. On the right, [...]

Opening day at the Autumn Decorative Fair 2011… … enjoyed a significant rise in visitor numbers – with over 500 more people than  the Spring Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair. And the good news is that this is accompanied by a tremendous level of business being done by the majority of dealers. Selling well were [...]

1950’S Britain at The Autumn Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair, site of the 1951 Festival of Britain Did you know that the Battersea venue for the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair is on one of the sites of the Festival of Britain? Please see our last post on the Festival of Britain at the Decorative Antiques Fair… [...]

Festival Of Britain Spritual Home In Battersea For Antiques Fair In the aftermath of the Second World War, the Board of Trade believed that design would lead the economic recovery for Britain and thus germinated the idea for the Festival of Britain. This Autumn’s Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair, whose Battersea Park venue is on one [...]

Up To The Minute News Or Antique News… from the front line… Opening day… was fantastic for large number of exhibitors… massive gate much busier than ever…  I will get a blog to you and some pics asap today… To which I look forward as unfortunately some of us can’t get to the Decorative Antiques [...]

Hamptons Antiques: Regulars and Returnees to the Autumn Decorative Antiques Fair… We’re open any minute at the London antiques and decorative arts extravaganza this morning ~ otherwise known to the world as The Decorative Fair! Please come along to see us and our 130 exhibiting dealers. You can see the whole list of exhibitors at [...]

It’s Opening Day Tomorrow At London’s Decorative Antique Textiles & Arts Fair. Where Will You Be? The Battersea, London Decorative Fair opens tomorrow and the queues will be outside the doors… We’ll bring news after the doors open. In the meantime, another featured returning exhibitor to mention… Anthony Cole used to exhibit at every Decorative [...]

It’s Go Go Go At London’s Antiques & Textiles Fair… Only two days to go to opening and we though that we’d also highlight some of our regular exhibitors and returnees to the Decorative Fair. Most of the exhibitors at The Decorative Fair come back time and again ~ they love the relaxed atmosphere and [...]

Vintage Seekers Showcases The Decorative Fair As I’ve said before it’s always good to get mentions on other websites and great when they focus on one of the specialist areas of our antiques fair (and in this case not so antique). Vintage Seekers which covers everything collectible from Design to Fashion to Motoring to Watches [...]

Get Outside At The Decorative Antiques Fair in Battersea Park You won’t actually have to go outside to see our  new European exhibitor, Peter Sohier from Belgium. Peter is a dealer in decorative antiques & garden ornament, is a member of the UK’s Decorative Collective website and will be snuggly inside the Marquee (now “Battersea [...]