Posts under ‘B: DECORATIVE ANTIQUES’

Turkish Carpets As The Italians Would Like Them…
From the carpet specialist Gallery Yacou who join us again at the Winter Decorative Fair.
As Italian carpets are few and far between, we have selected this Turkish carpet for the foyer display as it would be a piece typically enjoyed by Italian home owners in the C19th…
It’s an [...]

… at the Decorative Antiques & TEXTILES Fair
Amongst the secrets and pleasures you can see in the Winter Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair, alongside other pieces from three centuries of Italian design in the foyer display you might catch sight of this large (height:2.26m x width:4.3m) Mario Fortuny block printed cotton panel from c1920 as [...]

Arts, Artists, Accessories, Antiques, Americans et Al…
This week’s Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair will have over 135 exhibitors, with five new to our Battersea, London fair:
Sue Killinger from Great Missenden, Bucks, who is well known on the antique fairs circuit but makes her first ever appearance at Battersea, with a pleasing mix of smaller antique [...]

Italian Antiques For Next Week’s Antiques Fair – assolutamente fantastico

As usual, there will be a themed selling display in the Decorative Antiques Fair foyer… and on this occasion it will feature Italian design of the past three centuries.
All items displayed are offered by exhibitors and will include a fine pair of early C19th commodes from [...]

…well sort of and a bit like this…
I always get told off if we promise that anything specific is going to be at the Decorative Antiques Fair but the below was attached to a press relase last autumn to give the press a whiff of what sort of objects and objets would be at our [...]

A Few Photo Momentos From Earlier London Decoratove Antiques & Textiles Fairs
For those of you not familiar with the offering at the wonderful Decorative Antiques Fair, I thought I’d show some images of exhibitors and visitors from antiques fairs last year.
Of course there’ll be new pieces but none of them will be any newer! If [...]

Great 20th Century Moments at the 21st Century Decorative Antiques Fairs….
Great British vintage post-war brands that have appeared at the Decoratve Antique Fairs include Ercol, Hille, Knoll and Heals.  More recent furniture designers are starting to appear for sale; early works by John Makepeace for example.
The Decorative Fair has a particularly strong offering of French, [...]

Mid-20th Century Design: What Do You Call It?
I asked the question recently of the Decorative Fair’s London team… what do we call the 20th Century antiques and design pieces that sell so well at the antique & textiles fair. Is it “Vintage”? That doesn’t feel quite right to me (which usuallly means it’s fine by [...]

Colour & Texture at The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair
While the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair is on and we’re there NOW, we’ve spotted a couple of really cheerful stands full of colourful textiles. This one (above) is Molly Hogg, who has a superb collection of textiles from around the globe.
Rob [...]

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, another item sold [...]