Month: July 2016

Visit to PAD and Frieze

I got to PAD at 12.15 in Berkeley Square, conscious of course that I wanted to squeeze lunch in-between the two fairs. I met my friend Geoff at the door and we decided that the best way to navigate this fair efficiently was to walk around the outside then do the alleys longways. The first […]

Valentines day – Dean’s Tale

Valentine’s Day. Sunday 14th February. A Cautionary Tale. Once upon a time there were three brothers: Tom, Dick and Harry. They were nice boys, well brought up and each quietly excellent, in his way. Tom worked hard in the city and earned a lot of money. Most of the time he was stressed. He drove […]

Eurantica

We decided that we would make a quick hop to Brussels on the day of the preview for Eurantica. This is a large antiques fair that is staged once a year and was previously held in Brussels in one of the beautiful halls of the Heysel exhibition park. This is conveniently located in Brussels itself […]

The House of Bianchini Férier

We recently came across a collection of Bianchini Férier designs in black, blue and autumnal watercolours. The designer's notes scrawled around the edges, a couple even had stamps charting their progress through different stages of approval, in the hopes that they might become one of the signature fabrics produced by Bianchini Férier. Not knowing much […]

Arte Povera

Lacca Povera, perhaps more commonly known as Arte Povera; which literally translates to poor art, is as term which you might be surprised to find associated with some of the beautiful European furniture of the 19th and 20th Century, such as these Venetian Consoles from Newel, left, or our Italian Commodes right. Far from showing […]

Leslie hits the ground running @ Weiss Pop Up

Red-eye from Los Angeles and noon touchdown at Heathrow the 28th of July, cab it into Fulham, shower, and make myself ready for the opening party of the Guinevere Pop Up Shop at Weiss Gallery in Jermyn Street. I have flown in from LA to work at the Pop Up for the six weeks it […]

Props Galore at Farley Hire

Very late in the day but the after effects of the delicious brunch, as provided by the ever excellent Everyday Fabulous food, has just worn off, that and the bellini's. About two weeks ago, Natasha, Dean and myself went on a magical mystical tour of Farley Hire. If we thought our showroom was big, we […]