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ART ANTIQUES LONDON
KENSINGTON
GARDENS, LONDON SW7
Friday
24th - Thursday 30th June 2016
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For the seventh consecutive year, Art Antiques London returns to
Kensington Gardens, London SW7 from Friday
24th to Thursday 30th June 2016.
Organised by the London-based fair
organisers, Anna and Brian Haughton, the fair takes place in an imposing
purpose-built pavilion at Albert Memorial West Lawn, Kensington Gardens, London
SW7, directly opposite the Royal Albert Hall.
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Launched in 2010, the fair is respected for
its commitment to the highest standards and provides the perfect setting for 60
international specialist dealers offering the very best antiques, fine and
decorative arts available.
This year's
exhibitors come from the USA, Israel, Belgium, France, The Netherlands and the
UK and will show a mixture of furniture, silver, jewellery, sculpture, antique
pottery and porcelain, paintings, Chinese and Japanese works of art and
textiles, clocks, books, maps, historic medals and 20th century art and
objects.
With its relaxed atmosphere and stylish presentation, Art Antiques London has cultivated an
ardent following of collectors, art consultants, museum experts, interior
decorators and the public, earning it a reputation as one of the most popular
antiques fairs of the summer season.
There are some fantastic highlights being unveiled at the fair such
as the Hohenzollern Collection of a group of 45 ancient bronze statuettes from
the Sigmaringen Castle branch of the family.
The collection was bought by
dealer Ted Few about 15 years ago
and he and an academic colleague have been meticulously cataloguing them ever
since; a silver-mounted Meissen tankard, dated 1745,
decorated with a huge spray of European flowers by Johann Gottfried Nitzschner
from Brian Haughton Gallery; a pair
of exceptionally fine carved glass Edward VII claret jugs with silver mounts,
dated 1901 from Silverman Antiques;
and a pair of Imperial yellow silk monumental wall hangings from the Qianlong
period (1736-1795) from Jacqueline
Simcox.
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Asian works around the fair to catch the eye
include a very rare Chinese fan painted on paper from the early part of the
18th century from D & M Freedman.
Roell
Fine Art are bringing a late 16th/early 17th century important Japanese
Namban sawasa reliquary crucifix, the crucifix dating from the brief decades
during which Christianity was tolerated in feudal Japan.
From Jacqueline
Simcox is a fabulous bolt of Chinese silk brocade with sprays of flowers in
brilliant pink and blue silks on a gold ground, c 1900. A Japanese bronze hawk
with a silvered body perched on a tree stump by Masatsune, a very accomplished
bird artist, to be found on Laura
Bordignon's stand.
The fair offers a very comprehensive display of fine art. One of the
highlights comes from Sim Fine Art,
specialist dealers in 20th century war art, who are bringing a very rare
lifesize head study for George V's State portrait by Sir Luke Fildes RA.
The
King was too busy to do the usual number of sittings for an oil portrait so
this drawing took on a special importance.
The artist donated it to the famous Red Cross Sale in 1918 at Christie's
to raise money for the victims of the Great War where it sold for 100 guineas
(roughly £20,000 in today's money) where it has remained in the same collection
every since.
Fairhead Fine Art Ltd is bringing Futbol by Salvador Dali (1904-1989), 1979, a study for the Olympic
Medallion made for the American Olympic Committee which is for sale together
with the 1984 Silver USA Olympics Medal by Salvador Dali priced at £32,000.
Shani Joel, born 1991, who won the Saatchi Prize aged 17, is showing Buddha, composed from mixed media such as ceramic embellished
with shells, jewellery, butterflies and fabric, with Vanessa Clewes Salmon Modern & Contemporary Art.
A spectacular
collection of monumental sculptures made from cherrywood by the internationally
acclaimed artist, h.ollary.b. will be a talking point on Love Wood Gallery's stand - they have most recently been exhibited
on the Champs Elysées during FIAC/Paris
Art Week in October 2015. Other picture dealers include Babbington Fine Art, Illustration
Cupboard, Freya Mitton, Panter & Hall, Quantum Contempory Art and The
Hunt Gallery.
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Ceramics feature strongly around the fair
with a collection of the finest porcelain from Brian Haughton Gallery including an extremely rare and complete
Nymphenburg Rechaud, probably modelled by Johann B Haringer; a lead-glazed
earthenware Beauvais 'Plat de la Passion'
dish, dated December 1511 from E & H
Manners; a very rare moulded Chelsea plate with the Red Anchor mark, c 1755
from Robyn Robb and a French
porcelain and ormulu mounted scent bottle box by Flamen-Fleury, Paris from Mary Wise Antiques.
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The jewellery stands provide instant glamour
and this year Yvel from Israel makes
its UK debut bringing a fabulous range of Baroque pearl jewellery in a palate
of delectable colours from dark grey to champagne in differing shapes and
sizes. Yvel (a mirror image of Levy) was established as an international
jewellery brand in 1986 by Isaac Levy and his wife Orna, who is the fourth
generation of the illustrious Moussaieff jewellery family.
Licht & Morrison,
specialists in Art Deco jewellery, are displaying a magnificent Jabot pin in
the form of a parrot by Cartier London which comes in its original green
leather box.
Mayfair jewellers, Lucas Rarities, is bringing a 14 carat
yellow gold, ruby, diamond and sapphire money bag brooch by the popular
American jeweller, Paul Flato, based in New York City from the 1920s to 1940s.
His diamonds were worn by Hollywood stars like Greta Garbo, Rita Hayward and
Merle Oberon. Other jewellers exhibiting are Morelle Davidson.
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Antique Indian and Oriental jewellery is a
highly collectable area shown by two specialist galleries, Samina Inc and Sue Ollemans.
Highlights include a very large nose ring in gold and diamonds, rubies and
emerald and strung with natural pearls from the 19th century Royal courts from Samina Inc and a 19th century gold
Priest's ring from Bali from Sue
Ollemans.
Amongst the furniture is an extremely rare yew wood English lowboy,
c 1700 from David Pickup and a very
fine English waterfall satinwood bookcase, c1795 from Christopher Buck Antiques.
A good selection of antique clocks and
barometers are found with Raffety
Antique Clocks such as a George II ebony and gilt mounted Baroque cased
bracket clock by Charles Cabrier, London, in the region of £48,000.
The fair is also an excellent hunting ground for quirky objects such
as an extremely unusual set of spiders in a glazed sealed case, c 1820 from Ted Few and an ornately carved mulberry
wood goblet and lid inscribed around the base, 'Shakespeare's mulberry wood
from New Place 1867' from Timothy Millet.
Shakespeare bought New Place for his family in 1597 and the mulberry tree which
grew in the garden of New Place was widely reported to have been planted by
Shakespeare himself.
By the mid-18th
century the tree had grown to a prodigious size and New Place was bought by a
Reverend Francis Gastrell.
He had little regard for the link with Shakespeare
and had the mulberry tree felled and in 1759 he had the entire New Place
property demolished and it has never been built on since.
Londoners will enjoy the extremely rare
poster map of London's Underground, 1932, by Frederick Stingemore, an employee
of the Underground from Altea Gallery
with a price tag of £12,500.
Wine lovers
will appreciate a magnificent diamond cut magnum decanter with an engraved
crest on the stopper, c1815, which takes two bottles comfortably offered by Delomosne & Son Ltd.
The fair's spectacular pop-up restaurant 1851, catered by EventOracle, described as having the 'best location in London' will once
again dazzle visitors with its delicious menu and breathtaking view.
The fair's superb Lecture Programme throughout the week is a particular
feature of the Fair, underpinning the Fair's strong academic associations. Of special note is 'Face to Face : Dame Rosalind
Savill in conversation with Richard, 10th Duke of Buccleuch and 12th Duke of
Queensberry' discussing the extraordinary task of preserving and
presenting four of the most wonderful houses and their sumptuous art treasures
in the United Kingdom, Boughton House, Drumlarig Castle, Bowhill and Dalkeith
Palace to be held on Monday 27th June from 5.15 - 6.30 pm.
To order tickets and view a full synopsis of
lectures visit www.artantiqueslondon.com/lectures.
SPECIAL EVENTS
The fair opens on Thursday 23rd June with Party in the Park, a
Champagne Reception hosted by The Lord
Mayor's Appeal led by Lady Mayoress Juliet Mountevans, in support of JDRF and Sea Cadets. This is the only event hosted by The Lord
Mayor's Appeal to be held outside the City of London.
The closing dinner on Wednesday 29th June celebrates 30th Anniversary Appeal : 30 years of
Meningitis Now with glamorous Gala in the Gardens, a Cocktail Reception and Dinner hosted by
Nicholas Bonham and Petra Stunt.
The Fair is vetted for quality and authenticity ensuring collectors
can buy with absolute confidence.
EVENT: Art
Antiques London
VENUE: Albert
Memorial West Lawn, Kensington Gardens,
London
SW7 (opposite the Royal Albert Hall)
DATE: Fair
opens to the general public on Friday 24th June
at
11am and closes at 6pm on Thursday 30th June
OPENING TIMES: 11am - 7pm except for Sunday and the
last day when the fair closes at 6pm.
TICKETS: £20 on the door | £15 on line
ENQUIRIES: +44(0)20
7389 6555
WEBSITE: www.artantiqueslondon.com
LECTURE PROGRAMME: www.artantiqueslondon.com/lectures
LECTURE TICKETS: £12.50
per lecture on line | £15 at the fair
TRANSPORT: Nearest
underground station:
Kensington
High Street
Nearest
bus stop: The Albert Hall,
Kensington
Gore
SOCIAL MEDIA: www.instagram.com/haughtonfairs
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