Battersea Decorative Fair

New names exhibit alongside established regulars at autumn edition of The Decorative Fair in south London

Darren Hudson is the proprietor of Hudson Antiques. For the last eight years he has been organiser of the thrice-yearly Decorative Fair in Battersea Park. The next starts on October 1.

Among the highlight sales at the recent Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair was a George III pine chest of drawers featuring more recent overpainting in willow pattern.

Among the clutch of new exhibitors at the spring Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea is Mary Cooke Antiques, specialist in silver, whose key items include a George IV silver gilt table bowl.

A fortuitously timed trip from a large group of top US interior decorators boosted sales at Battersea’s winter Decorative Fair.

Traditional antiques are very much still in demand, according to reports from dealers at Battersea’s winter Decorative Fair.

Focus on quilt on offer at the first Decorative event of the year - which shares its venue with specialist fair LARTA

Results from a flurry of fairs early this autumn prove there is plenty of space for such events in the London market.

A stoneware birdbath designed by one of Rodin’s students was among the highlight sales at the autumn edition of the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair.

As reported last week (ATG No 2610), the theme for the latest edition of The Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair in Battersea is Rococo, with a special display in the foyer.

The Decorative Fair returns from October 3-8 for its third and final staging of the year.

Tribal Art London (TAL) is to take place in person this autumn thanks to the organisers of The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair stepping in with a venue.

A buyer who spotted a Whitefriars Glass finger bowl in the pages of Antiques Trade Gazette snapped it up from dealer Mark West.

The spring edition of the Battersea Decorative Fair brought in a handful of first-time exhibitors, who enthused over the success of the event.

Shown is a finger bowl made by James Powell of Whitefriars Glass for Victoria’s coronation banquet given by the Corporation of London on November 9, 1837.

A new dealer brings works by female artists to her first fair as 130 exhibitors get ready for showpiece event.