UK’s Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair set for Jan. 8-11

LONDON – For the third year in a row, the Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair takes place at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square from Thursday, Jan. 8, until Sunday, Jan. 11. Organized by the Antiques Dealers Fair Limited and held in association with Mayfair property specialist Wetherell, this boutique event has built up an enviable reputation among its international audience.

The fair attracts collectors, interior designers and people seeking the finest things in life. It has boasted an exhibitor waiting list since before the first event even took place. The majority of the 44 exhibitors are members of the British Antique Dealers’ Association and LAPADA, the Association of Art and Antiques Dealers.

Newcomers include Kinghams Art Pottery Ltd. bringing Martin Brothers, Wedgewood’s Fairyland and William de Morgan collections; Art Nouveau and Art Deco glass experts M&D Moir selling Lalique, Gallé, Daum, Monart and more; Dinan & Chighine, specializing in 17th to 20th century decorative engravings and watercolors; Manya Igel Fine Arts with a fine collection of paintings by Royal Academicians and members of the New England Art Club; and Timothy Langston Antiques with English, Continental and Oriental furniture, objects, paintings and decorative lighting.

As well as bringing English antique furniture, returning exhibitor W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd is showing a collection of 18th century Chinese furniture from Shanxi Province, among which is a decorated lacquer book cabinet depicting a rural idyll, framed with butterflies, the symbol of marital bliss and happiness, £6,500. Walton House Antiques is bringing a superb late 17th century William and Mary period walnut and elm chest of drawers on turned walnut bun feet, circa 1680-90. with an arabesque design seaweed marquetry panels on both the top and the drawer fronts, selling for £15,000. Walton House Antiques’ stand features three dealers – Nicholas Arkell (furniture), Cambridge Fine Art (traditional oil paintings) and BBC Antiques Roadshow expert Richard Price (clocks).

The Art Deco period is currently very much in vogue, so collectors are in for a treat. Jeroen Markies’ Art Deco Strohmenger baby grand satinwood and walnut piano came from the White House in North London, a guest house for the stars of the silver screen filming at Elstree Studios during the 1920s and ’30s, and is for sale for £16,500. Both Jeroen Markies and Gazelles of Lyndhurst offer original Art Deco items from pianos, leather suites and cocktail cabinets to lighting, sculpture, tea sets and vases.

For more information email info@adfl.co.uk or phone +44 (0)1797 252030. The show’s website is www.mayfairfair.com.

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