Posts under ‘Post-War Modern Design & Art Deco’

More Mid Century Design For The Cognoscenti… But That’s Not All
Kiki Design are best known for their mid-century design items, but cleverly displayed alongside some choice decorative antiques, such as salon chairs and gilded mirrors. “Modern Design Styled With Antique” is how they describe themselves on their own website.
Sarah the founder of Kiki has “developed a look [...]

Some Antiques Are 1960’s: Some Antiques Are 380 Million Years
Come to the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in London’s Battersea May 3-8th 2011 and you can see another of our previous & experienced exhibitors. Jonathan Swire was one of the dealers who first brought fossils as ’sculpture’ to the Decorative Fair.  These have become very popular [...]

… And When Does It Become Antique – The Age Of The Manufacture Or The Original Item
And/Or does it matter anyway…
I keep thinking about the age of antiques and antique furniture – especially when I walk round the antique fair and see the rising proportion of 20th century furniture and textiles…  Then I saw this [...]

Our London (UK) Antiques Fair Draws The European &  Overseas Interior Design Cognoscenti
The sales at the Winter 2011 Decorative Antiques Fair in January were bouyant and the reports from the team and from the exhibitors say that sales were extremely good for the interior decorating styles from the 1940’s to the 1970’s.  There were many overseas buyers.
There’s a piece [...]

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 Pottery Studio [...]

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 showing unusual [...]

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 wider [...]

20th Century Design 1930 to 1990: Modern Design, Lighting, Furniture, Mirrors & Art

Tom Stewart-Liberty was particularly proud of this piece at last week’s Decorative Fair on the 52 Meters stand. 
It’s a Shiro Kuramata Nikko Cabinet for Memphis 1982 - one of eleven – and very striking amongst many pieces of interest on this stand.

New Dealers at The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair September~October 2010

A few interesting dealers at the next Decorative Fair to tickle the fancies of the collector and designer…
52 Meters ~ from their antique shop on the Lillie Road, London, specializing in 20th Century design, furniture and lighting – see left
Matthew Cox Antiques ~ decorative furniture, lighting & accessories.  [...]

Admixture Of Italian Cubes, Welsh Dragons & English Walnut…
Christophe Edwards has an artistic and architectural eye for detail. His stock often includes interesting modern paintings, display with unusual seating and useful tables, often by well-known designers.  His chosen style is simple, sometimes ascetic, and is often favoured by architect designers looking to achieve a clean lines [...]