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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 [...]

Decorative Antiques Fair 2012 – Three Fairs To Enjoy
Now that the Autumn is in full swing and we’ve had the terrific Autumn London Battersea Antiques & Textiles Fair, which finished up the year for us here, you need to note the diary dates for the London antiques shows for 2012. We have three Decorative Antiques [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Up To The Minute News Or Antique News…
from the front line…
Opening day… was fantastic for large number of exhibitors… massive gate much busier than ever…  I will get a blog to you and some pics asap today…
To which I look forward as unfortunately some of us can’t get to the Decorative Antiques Fair until later [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]