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THE 54 th BUXTON DECORATIVE ANTIQUES & ART FAIR The Buxton Pavilion Gardens, St John’s Road, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6BE 16 - 19 MAY 2019 The Annual Buxton Decorative Antiques & Art Fair Returns to the Pavilion Octagon Hall The Annual Buxton Decorative Antiques & Art Fair returns from 16 th – 19 th May 2019, three years after the Pavilion’s Octagon Hall closed for extensive refurbishment. In 2016 and 2017 the fair took place in a plush marquee adjacent to the Octagon, though reduced in size and scope and last year, when the venue was expected to be open on time, was forced to cancel after the refurbishment ran late. ‘Now at last we’re back where we belong,’ explains organiser Sue Ede of Cooper Events. ‘We know our regular customers and our exhibitors have missed the building, where the fair took place for the previous 51 years. In the newly refurbished and redecorated Octagon the fair looks set to re-establish its place as one of the most eminent antiques fairs in the UK.’ In this special setting in the famous spa town in the heart of the Peak District, the fair has always been a major fixture in the calendar. This year the fair will commence with a special visitor: Mark Hill, ( right) the author and antiques expert from the BBC Antiques Roadshow. Mark will be welcoming visitors and providing guidance on purchases. The majority of regular exhibitors will be returning to the fair, promising a wide range of traditional antique furniture, ceramics, silver, jewellery paintings and accessories. In addition, the fair will reveal a more modernised feel with the addition of several decorative specialists, adding extra dimensions to the range of exhibits on offer. Showing for the first time will be Shine on Design, specialising in Art Deco walnut furniture, lighting and accessories from the 1920s and 30s. They will be joined by Paul Burnett Antiques & Interiors with vintage interior furnishing pieces; and Thomas Spencer Fine Art specialising in Modern British and contemporary art. Among the well-known regular exhibitors will be Melody Antiques, Mark Buckley Antiques and Brian Ashbee & Wes Wotruba with English furniture and accessories; art specialists Ellis Fine Art with British oil painting from the 18 th & 19 th centuries, Granta Fine Art with 20 th century works; Art of the Imagination specialising in contemporary illustrative artists; Timberhill Gallery with watercolours, Balmain Antiques showing drawings, Continental paintings and sculpture, Jo Bennett with Northern and contemporary oils and watercolours; and returning exhibitor Walker Galleries from Harrogate who have not shown at Buxton for more than ten years.

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THE 54th BUXTON

DECORATIVE ANTIQUES & ART FAIRThe Buxton Pavilion Gardens, St John’s Road, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6BE

16 - 19 MAY 2019

The Annual Buxton Decorative Antiques & Art Fair Returns to the Pavilion Octagon Hall

The Annual Buxton Decorative Antiques & Art Fair returns from 16th – 19th May 2019, three years after the Pavilion’s Octagon Hall closed for extensive refurbishment.

In 2016 and 2017 the fair took place in a plush marquee adjacent to the Octagon, though reduced in size and scope and last year, when the venue was expected to be open on time, was forced to cancelafter the refurbishment ran late. ‘Now at last we’re back where we belong,’ explains organiser Sue Ede of Cooper Events. ‘We know our regular customers and our exhibitors have missed the building, where the fair took place for the previous 51 years. In the newly refurbished and redecorated Octagon the fair looks set to re-establish its place as one of the most eminent antiques fairs in the UK.’

In this special setting in the famous spa town in the heart of the PeakDistrict, the fair has always been a major fixture in the calendar. This yearthe fair will commence with a special visitor: Mark Hill, (right) the author andantiques expert from the BBC Antiques Roadshow. Mark will be welcomingvisitors and providing guidance on purchases.

The majority of regular exhibitors will be returning to the fair, promising a wide range of traditional antique furniture, ceramics, silver, jewellery paintings and accessories. In addition, the fair will reveal a more modernised feel with the addition of several decorative specialists, adding extra dimensions to the range of exhibits on offer. Showing for the first time will beShine on Design, specialising in Art Deco walnut furniture, lighting and accessories from the 1920s and 30s. They will be joined by Paul Burnett Antiques & Interiors with vintage interior furnishing pieces; and Thomas Spencer Fine Art specialising in Modern British and contemporary art.

Among the well-known regular exhibitors will be Melody Antiques, Mark Buckley Antiques and Brian Ashbee & Wes Wotruba with English furniture and accessories; art specialists Ellis Fine Art with British oil painting from the 18th & 19th centuries, Granta Fine Art with 20th century works; Art of the Imagination specialising in contemporary illustrative artists; Timberhill Gallery with watercolours, Balmain Antiques showing drawings, Continental paintings and sculpture, Jo Bennett with Northern and contemporary oils and watercolours; and returning exhibitor Walker Galleries from Harrogate who have not shown at Buxton for more than ten years.

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Others include Roger de Ville with early English pottery, J. Dickinson Antiquarian Maps & Prints; Eastdale Antiques, S.& A Marsh Antiques and The Antiques Bazaar specialising in silver; and jewellery specialists Plaza, Shapiro & Co, and Saul Greenstein Antiques.

Adds Sue Ede: ‘Our fair will include our regular opening day evening reception, with complimentary refreshments, and we are as ever, grateful to the support of the Buxton Opera House.’

The fair is organised by: Cooper Events, Somerset TA8 1BU. Tel: 01278 784912. www.cooperevents.com. [email protected]: coopersantiques.fairs Twitter: @CooperAntiques

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