New exhibitors all set for Decorative Fair

Exhibitors and dealers are gearing up for the upcoming Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair Battersea, which takes place in London from May 9 to 14, with a number of first-time businesses taking part in the popular event. New exhibitors at this Fair include:

Anthony James & Son Ltd (London): Member of BADA & LAPADA. 18th & 19th century furniture, objects and decorative items.

Cal Smith Gallery (London): Cal Smith is a dealer of Modernist and Brutalist artworks with a particular focus on relief wall sculptures. He is a trained restorer and conservation framing expert. Cal will be presenting his large collection of exceptional works by the late Ron Hitchins (1926 – 2019).

Disquarded (Kent): Adam Green focuses on original antiques for the home and garden and unusual decorative items from the UK & France.

Florence Evans Fine Art (London): Art dealer and art historian specialising in 20th Century British pictures, sculpture and ceramics, with a focus on female artists.

Holtby & Co (Dorset): Young dealer specialising in unusual country house furniture, antiques and objects from 16th – 20th century.

Loveday Antiques (Hertfordshire): For over 50 years Loveday Antiques has specialised 18th – 20th century furniture, objects and works of art. Members of BADA & LAPADA.

The fair is also a must-visit for garden antiques with the summer months just weeks away. Discover unusual decorative objects, sculpture, planters and furniture with dealers such as Muse The Sculpture Company who specialise in contemporary bronzes and large-scale works to commission for outdoor spaces; Wakelin & Linfield, who favour elegant ironwork decoration such as étagères, benches and urns; Inglis-Hall Antiques, where folk art weathervanes can often be found; The Home Bothy and Vagabond for stone and marble statuary pieces; D.J. Green Antiques for all manner of planters and garden pottery; Garden Artefacts with antique and vintage garden ephemera and Violet Grey for decorative urns, garden ceramics and garden furniture.

Elsewhere, savvy style hunters and leading professional design and trade will be snapping up unusual and one-off items of furniture and decoration for interiors and exteriors. With pieces for sale dating from the 17th century to the 1970s, a myriad tastes are tempted: from extraordinary to understated, opulent to folksy, formal to fun. Paintings, prints, posters and sculpture are also on offer, from classic to contemporary. Prices at the Fair range from under £50 to over £50,000.

The Fair Foyer Feature will focus on early English furniture, textiles and objects both of, and inspired by, the period of Charles I and Charles II in the 17th century, displayed with later items in an informal country room setting. The display will include still-life paintings of all periods from the 1600s to the contemporary. Expect simple English wood tables, coffers and chairs mixed with comfortable later seating and accessories in a timeless space.