Posts under ‘Textiles, Rugs, Kilims, Carpets’

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 [...]

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 [...]

Don’t Forget Textiles at The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair…
Ron Simpson is well known amongst international collectors of textiles and tribal art.  He sells traditional tribal textiles, costumes & jewellery, bags and baskets from South West China and Indonesia.  He usually has a fab collection of hats!
This unusual and varied combination [...]

Visit London And Get Antique Textiles Tuesday to Sunday At The Decorative Fair… And Then See The Textile Society Sunday & Monday!
It’s not often that we get to mention Facebook on the Decorative Fair Antiques & Interiors Diary but the Textile Society (mission: to promote the study of textile disciplines and celebrates the history [...]

Decorative Antique Textiles: It Does What It Says On The Tin…
Decorative textiles are readily found at the London Decorative Fair in 2011… vintage and antique French linens for beds or curtains, printed toiles and silks for borders and throws, lustrous damasks and antique crewel work for colour and texture, embroidered panels mounted for wall displays.
Katharine Pole [...]

Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair On This Saturday & Sunday… See You There
The Decorative Antique Fair is open this weekend on both Saturday (11 to 7pm) and Sunday(11 to 6pm) in Battersea Park’s marquee.  And don’t worry about the fact that the antique fair has been on since Tuesday with record numbers of visitors ~  each exhibitor has [...]

Antique Textiles In Quilted C18th Elegance At The  Decorative Fair
Katharine Pole, one of the exhibitors at September~October’s Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair sold this beautiful C18th quilt at the fair among many other linens and cottons. Katherine specialises in casual elegance in the form of French antiques & textiles, indigo blues, printed cottons & rustic linens, upholstered chairs & objects [...]

Antique & Decorative Rugs; Antique Metalware: Oak &  Country Antique Furniture; Treen & English Delfware… Where Else Would You Find That Under One Roof (well marquee)?
Pars Rug Gallery -
One of Europe’s largest collections of fine decorative antique carpets, rugs, runners, kelims, soumakhs, eastern textiles, including needle points, Aubusson carpets and cushions.
Pinn & Lennard -
Antique metalware, oak & [...]

The Textile Society Is Having An Antique Textile Fair 26th September
If you are a big textiles fan, then you may already know that there’s an Antique Textiles Fair in London two days before the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair – not to be confused!  This is said to compliment the long running Antique Textile Fair (now the the Textile [...]