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Festival of Britain; Festival of Antiques; Festival of Buying & Selling

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 all items [...]

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 Antiuques & 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… and for [...]

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 of the [...]

More Dealers (3) At The London Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair ~ NOW ON!

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 this [...]

Returning Dealers At The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair:2

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 Fair, before he [...]

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 our great [...]

Decorative Fair’s Original C20th Design and Collectibles

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 to [...]

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, – as these [...]

New Exhibitor #9 at The 2011 Autumn Decorative Antiques Fair

Classic & Important 20th Century Design Furniture At Our London Antique Fair Next Week
Holly Johnson, based in Macclesfield, is an expert in important C19th & C20th furniture & works of art.  In particular she has a passion for Victorian exhibition furniture of the highest calibre, and in contrast to this, the designs of Piero Fornasetti, [...]

New Exhibitors at The London Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair #8

Decorative & Collectable Glass At The Decorative Antiques Fair
At The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair we like to provide both decorative and collectable items for our customers.
We have a new dealer in collectable glass coming to the Autumn Decorative Antiques Fair.  Christopher Shepperd Glass, who has a shop amongst the prestigious antiques purveyors of Kensington [...]