How Old Are Antiques? How Old Are Modern Antiques? The word “Antique” comes from the latin for “Old”. It used to be exactly 100 years when I was a kid and I believe that it still is for US customs which is one of the only “legal” definitions around. Who else has official or even [...]
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New Exhibitors At The London Decorative Antique Fair
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 [...]
What You Might See At Our Decorative Fair January 24-29th 2012
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 [...]
Colourful Dealers, Colourful Textiles, Colourful Stands, Colourful Antique Fair!
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 Blacks (right) [...]
More on Antiques Festival of Britain…
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… [...]
Decorative Antiques Fair’s Festival Of Britain
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 [...]
And Some Returning Dealers At The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair:1
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 [...]
New Decorative Antiques Fair Exhibitor #10
Antique European Furniture From Geoffrey Stead The Decorative Antique Fair is delighted to welcome Geoffrey Stead, whose stock of C17th, C18th & early C19th European furniture & decorative works of art has long been held in high regard both by collectors and important interior designers. Geoffrey has a wonderful eye for a statement piece, – [...]
