The Art of Design Issue 37 2019 | Page 30

30 THE PETWORTH PARK ANTIQUES & FINE ART FAIR For those seeking design ideas, art for Art comes in all forms, amongst which is Looming around the corner are lifesize bronze interiors and some items for exteriors, a trip to a strong and varied show of art glass by wolves by Clare Trenchard (b.1956) and a The Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair in eminent names like Daum, Lalique, Gallé, lifesize Mountain Goat, made from scrap West Sussex will not disappoint this May. Monart and others, as well as more practical metal, by Helen Denerley, best known in pieces that can nevertheless be attractive and Scotland for her larger than life scrap metal Some 60 expert dealers, predominantly a pleasure to house: from lavish chandeliers giraffes on Leith Walk in Edinburgh. members of BADA or LAPADA The Association to drinking vessels. Functional antique of Art & Antiques Dealers, are gathering from furniture celebrates many styles from fine Tickets to the fair (£10 each) are valid for all around the country for the fifth time for this pieces to country oak. three days - Friday 10 to Sunday 12 May 2019. annual event held in a purpose built marquee During the event they also give the ticket in the 'Capability' Brown designed grounds of Other useful items like clocks come in diverse holder complimentary entry to Petworth the National Trust's Petworth House. forms, some elaborately decorated, adding House, which is full of the country's national life to a room whether a focal point or not. For treasures, free parking just outside the A multitude of differing offerings, from the your walls, there are fine paintings by bygone marquee and access to the 700 acre deer ancient to the contemporary, await the keen and today's established and emerging artists, park. The market town of Petworth is just a eyes of interior designers, collectors and as well as indoor and outdoor sculpture, short walk (or the fair's courtesy bus regularly discerning members of the public, who are including items for the garden. sweeps between the marquee and the centre looking for that special something. of town), where a further 28 art and antiques Animals depicted in art abound at this year's shops and all the other amenities await fair including a cold painted bronze Lapin by interested visitors enjoying the area. Franz Xavier Bergman (1861-1936), c.1900. www.petworthparkfair.com