Around 45 exhibitors attend the event and a good number of those dealers do not exhibit at any comparable fairs and keep stock back for Bath. Such is the popularity of this unique event that a core group of exhibitors return year on year, some going right back to the very first fair!
Returning exhibitors announced so far in 2017 include No 1 Lewes, Chris Holmes Decorative Antiques, Decorative & Modern, John Shepherd & Erna Hiscock, Life England, Linda North, Not Wanted on Voyage, Scandinavian by Design, Wharton Decorative Antiques, Elham Antiques, Appledore Antiques, Winfield Canes, John Wiseman Reclamation & Salvage Antiques, Waterfall Antiques, William Morris Antiques, Guy Dennler Antiques, Life England, Michael Holt Antiques, Paul Burnett Decorative Antiques, Larkhall Fine & Decorative Art, Paul Drewett and Candice Horley C20th Glamour.
Names making a debut in 2017 released so far are Elizabeth Lee Interiors, Frome, Somerset, Mark Blower, The Channel Islands, Marchand Antiques, Arundel, Sussex, The Swedish Room, Hungerford, Berkshire and La Place Antiques, Arundel, Sussex.
Always a star attraction at Bath and flying the flag for traditional Folk Art, Naive Art, English pottery and country furniture will be Devon based Appledore Antiques who has recently teamed up with Winfield Antique Canes who have a particular flair for reinventing how we look at walking canes with their arresting display using artist’s lay figure hands to hold the canes against a black velvet wall. Another favourite exhibitor dealing in traditional Folk Art will be Erna Hiscock and John Shepherd.
At the other end of the spectrum C20th Mid Century design will be well represented by Scandinavian by Design, Not Wanted on Voyage and Decorative & Modern. French and Swedish decorative antiques will be on show from The Swedish Room, La Place Antiques and No1 Lewes. Chris Holmes Antiques and Elham Antiques also deal in French painted furniture, garden antiques and large scale painted industrial pieces. Contemporary artist Chloe Holt, partner of Chris Holmes will be showing her very popular abstract flower paintings after a sell out show at Bath in 2016.
Bath Decorative Antiques Fair is known as a source for garden antiques and this year Linda North, Violet Grey Vintage Garden and Elizabeth Lee Interiors will be enticing visitors with French, Italian and English garden furniture, jardinières and urns. Trends from last year show that decorators are using garden pieces for interior installations seeking distressed metal tables and chairs for accent pieces. Another trend in 2016 for decorators was architectural reclamation with huge French doors and fire surrounds and decorative ironwork being snapped up from Wharton Antiques and John Wiseman Antiques.
On Sunday 5 March Bath Decorative Antiques Fair will take place on the same day as BathVA and visitors will be invited to join one of the country’s most exciting young dealers Edd Thomas of Edd in the Clouds at both events for a ‘Style Up Top Picks’ tour of the Bath Decorative Fair and the tour will continue in the afternoon at BathVA. The tour will be covered on social media in real time and in the run up to the event. Edd Thomas is the chairman of the celebrated Antiques Young Guns and will be concentrating on inspiring visitors to look at antiques in a new way, to think about a ‘century mash up’ - making antiques relevant by mixing with contemporary and vintage pieces on sale at both fairs – for example styling a huge industrial shop counter with a collection of traditional copper pans or a sleek Lucite dining table styled with silver plate Country House food domes.
Other events at the fair include an exciting antiques industry celebrity tour of the Bath Decorative Antiques Fair on Friday 3 March when ‘The Queen of Antiques’ Judith Miller will tour the fair to choose ‘Judith’s Top Picks for Collectors’ and this tour will be video streamed in real time on social media. Dedicated tour tickets giving a free glass of Prosecco for both tours will be available from the website on a first come first served basis from mid January 2017.
For more information on exhibitors and to claim tickets visit www.bathdecorativeantiquesfair.co.uk.
Date: 2-5 March 2017. TRADE ONLY 2 March
Venue: The Pavilion, North Parade Road, Bath, BA2 4EU
Opening Times:
TRADE PREVIEW Thursday 2 March: 12noon – 5pm. Admission with Trade Invite or Trade Business Card. Otherwise £10.00.
PUBLIC: Friday 3 – Sunday 5 March 10am – 5pm
Admission: £5.00.
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