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"LOVED UP"

February 10, 2022

Love tokens and wedding gifts form a significant role in the tradition of European Folk Art. Hearts and other motifs are often found on hand made and individually decorated artefacts that were created as gifts in the courtship ritual.

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New Dates, New Venue Announced For The New York Winter Show 2022

New Dates, New Venue Announced For The New York Winter Show 2022

February 04, 2022

America’s venerable, long established Art and Antiques Show, postponed by the consequences of Covid, from its historic January showing in the Park Avenue Armoury, will now  be running from 1st - 10th April, with the Opening Night Preview on Thursday 31st.

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“ART POPULAIRE” LOVE TOKEN

“ART POPULAIRE” LOVE TOKEN

January 12, 2022

A very rare example of French “Art Populaire” pottery from Provence, decorated with stylised “Cigales” or Cicadas. These insects are the traditional symbolic motif of the Provence region in the South of France and are considered good luck charms.

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"Beyond The Mainland" | Recent Works by Tom Hickman

November 05, 2021

Tom Hickman lives and works alone in a croft on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. He has no mobile phone, television, tablet or wifi.

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"at home"

September 30, 2021

For our 2021 Bada Week Exhibition we thought it would be interesting to loosely draw on this resource and explore a few various different naive and primitive house-form motifs, architectural models, depictions of buildings and homes that we have discovered in multiple media and some of the ways that they have been incorporated into the narrative of British and European Folk Art.

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Winter Catalogue 2021...

Winter Catalogue 2021..."Collecting, it's just a thing"

September 10, 2021

The pieces are as fresh and exciting as they were when we originally sourced them and several of them will be included in our forthcoming Winter Catalogue #60, alongside pieces from different collections and other recent acquisitions.

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"Love Token" by Cecilia Charlton

August 19, 2021

Our 10th Contemporary Collaboration installation is now on view in our Battersea Gallery window, showcasing the work of the talented artist Cecilia Charlton. 

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Two Stylised Shorebird Decoys

Two Stylised Shorebird Decoys

June 04, 2021

There is something uniquely individual about vintage decoy birds, particularly the more diminutive slender shorebirds with their alert tilted heads, folded wings and elegant sinuous necks.  

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Summer Catalogue No 59

Summer Catalogue No 59

May 13, 2021

We are excited to announce our latest catalogue is now available and will be sent out electronically to our mailing list on Monday 17th May. 

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Noah's Ark Toy

Noah's Ark Toy

May 13, 2021

Noah’s Ark Models have long been part of the European Folk Art tradition, generally associated with the celebrated cottage-industry of the Erzgebirge region of Germany, where the rough animal forms were fashioned on a lathe, before being carved in detail.

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A Closer Look

A Closer Look

April 16, 2021

..........and a Georgian Vernacular Chest of Three Drawers

 Just because something is very old does not necessarily make it “good” or even “better” than a younger example and this thought sometimes leads me to consider other qualities that fine old wines and antique furniture can have in common.

 

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A Story of Many Springtimes

A Story of Many Springtimes

April 01, 2021

Timelessly elegant, gloriously weathered and patinated with natural lichens, the design of this generously scaled garden seat has been attributed to the English Architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, (1869-1944). 

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