Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
The web shop window: pair of Blue John lanterns
28 August 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Pangolin London: ‘5000 works handled in 15 years’
28 August 2023Pangolin anniversary exhibition is one of several highlighting British art this autumn in London
5 Questions with Japanese arts specialist Malcolm Fairley
28 August 2023Malcolm Fairley of St James’s deals in Japanese applied arts of the 19th and early 20th centuries with a focus on cloisonné enamels and metalwork.
Dealer news in brief including Abbott and Holder's 'affordable art' web page
28 August 2023A roundup of news and events from around the trade
Chelsea ‘Gold Anchor’ vase joins portrait bought by V&A
21 August 2023The Victoria and Albert Museum has bought the only known version of a vase produced by the Chelsea porcelain factory during its ‘Gold Anchor’ period.
Natural history collecting? It rocks
21 August 2023Over the past decade the buyer profile has widened as fossils and minerals become decorative objects
Tastes turned towards the elaborate French style
21 August 2023Two examples of 17th century English furniture, reflecting the era’s vogue for French forms and top-quality marquetry and parquetry, stand out among dealers’ offerings this month.
Six pieces of furniture offered by dealers including a George II partners’ desk
21 August 2023Dealers across the country offer an array of British antique furniture. From vernacular to formal pieces, here is a selection of what can be found.
Collector Interview: Striking examples of miniature art
21 August 2023Aaron Kasmin, a British artist, became fascinated by US feature matchbooks.
5 Questions with Japanese prints specialist Jane Orde
19 August 2023Jane Orde specialises in Japanese 19th and 20th century prints and most recently exhibited at Two C’s Burford Antiques Fair and is a regular at The International Birmingham Antique Arms & Militaria Fair (September 17).
The web shop window: 'mystery' centre table at Lorfords
14 August 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Gallery run by ex-Christie’s expert holds show focusing on the ‘first US Modernist’
14 August 2023The paintings of Arthur Dove, often considered the first US Modernist, kicks off the exhibition programme at Schoelkopf Gallery’s new space in Tribeca, New York.
Belgian dealership takes pride in sales to Dutch and American institutions
07 August 2023Antwerp dealership Galerie Lowet de Wotrenge has made two sales to international institutions.
Sun comes out for expanded Cotswolds fair
07 August 2023Pictures on sale at the burgeoning event depict warm and more usual seasonal days
The web shop window: woodwork from the original Liberty shop
07 August 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
5 Questions with Andy Maule
07 August 2023Andy Maule is among the exhibitors at The Cotswolds Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair in Westonbirt School, Tetbury, (August 11-13).
Rugs under the spotlight in new book
07 August 2023New York rugs dealer Jason Nazmiyal has released a new book on the art and history of rugs.
Dealer calls on trade and public to aid recovery of stolen Asian art
27 July 2023JAN Fine Art has asked that the art and antiques trade be aware of two thefts made at its Kensington Church Street, London, premises.
5 Questions with Carolina Valdés Vignoli
24 July 2023Carolina Valdés Vignoli of Carol Tresor concentrates on collectors’ pieces of mineralogical interest and shipwreck pottery. She is preparing an exhibition of minerals in September at the LAPADA fair in Mayfair.
Howzat: British Library nets rare cricket book from dealer
17 July 2023An early book on cricket from the library of commentator John Arlott has been acquired for the British Library from London dealership Peter Harrington.