Less than a week away is the opening of the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair Spring Edition, set in the leafy Battersea Park from 9-14 May, 2023.

Celebrate the arrival of Spring with a focus on garden antiques and exterior space at the UK’s most beautiful antiques, design and art fair, and find inspo at the interiors event of the season.

Savvy style hunters and leading professional design and trade buyers flock to the Fair to snap up unusual and one-off items from beautifully curated displays from the UK and Europe's leading dealers. 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 £50,000+.

The Fair Foyer Feature will focus on early English furniture, textiles and objects both of, and inspired by, the period of the first two King Charles’ 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.

Shop for sustainable, expertly crafted heirloom designs that have stood the test of time, and bring a unique sense of history to interiors and exteriors alike.

NEW EXHIBITORS AT THE FAIR:

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-based art dealer and art historian specialising in 20th Century British pictures, sculpture and ceramics, with a focus on female artists.

Holtby & Co (Sherborne) - Young dealer specialising in unusual country house furniture, antiques and objects from 16th - 20th century

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

RETURNEES INCLUDE:

Violet Grey, Marie Ducasse, Ruddy’s, Owen Parry Rugs, M. Goldstein, Laura Bordignon Japanese, Works of Art, Julian Simon Fine Art, John Barkes, Hickmet Fine Arts, Gabrielle de Giles, Clive Rogers, Oriental Rugs, Chelsea Vintage Couture, Cave Decorative Arts, Brian Watson Antique Glass, Anthony, Fell Antiques & Works of Art, Aaron Nejad Gallery, and John Robertson (previously exhibited at The Bourne Gallery) with paintings of all periods.

Admission: £20 per person on opening day and £10 p/p on subsequent days; Free entry daily from 4pm

For tickets and more information about the fair visit the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair