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Henley-on-Thames – The Pedestal’s new base for auctions & more
THE PEDESTAL recently moved to a beautiful new location – The Dairy on the Stonor Park estate, near Henley-on Thames – and since holding our first auction here in July we’ve now had a little time to explore Henley and find out about its fascinating history. Occupying a strategic position Henley-on-Thames sits near the tripoint…
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Post auction round up: Fine Interiors including Selected Furniture from Hotham Hall, Yorkshire | 28 July
POST AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS from THE PEDESTAL FINE INTERIORS including SELECTED FURNITURE FROM HOTHAM HALL, YORKSHIRE 28 July 2020 Fine Interiors including Selected Furniture from Hotham Hall, Yorkshire was The Pedestal’s first auction to be held at The Dairy, on the Stonor Park Estate, located close to Henley-on-Thames, the Oxfordshire town perhaps best known for its…
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Announcing Dorset Art Weeks online auction | 7-19 July
ANNOUNCING DORSET ART WEEKS online auction | 7-19 July | at The Auction Hub | www.theauctionhub.uk/daw Following the cancellation of this year’s Dorset Art Weeks – the UK’s largest free arts festival – over 80 artists present their works in this online auction The auction will open for bidding on Tuesday 7 July and remains…
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Light | Porcelain – Margaret O’Rorke at Kwum Museum, Fiskars, Finland
Light | Porcelain, at the Kwum Museum, Fiskars, Finland, showcases a diverse selection of lights by ceramics artist, Margaret O’Rorke. The cool, pared-back environment of the Museum provides the perfect setting for O’Rorke’s softly sensuous, glowing and highly original lights. The village of Fiskars, with barely 1,000 inhabitants, was home to one of Finland’s oldest…
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Paltscho’s Art Deco enamel, nephrite and diamond bonsai tree
Art Deco continues to intrigue and weave its magic, although it is now over 100 years since the end of World War I when the machine age took hold with a driving energy and the movement found expression in its use of motifs from cultures all over the world. This enamel, nephrite and diamond bonsai…
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Awaken: Royal Jewellery Arts from Renaissance to the 20th century
The Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Arts & Urban Planning currently plays host to Awaken – a unique exhibition of nearly 200 pieces sourced from twenty countries and spanning a period of 400 years. This is a significant event as it is the first time an exhibition of historic Western jewellery curated by a Chinese team…
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Five works from Janet Rady Fine Art | London Art Fair, January 22-26 2020
Janet Rady Fine Art will be exhibiting ten works by seven artists at the forthcoming London Art Fair which takes place at the Business Design Centre, Islington, this month – and here we explore five pieces from the group. Hanibal Srouji was born in 1957 in Beirut, Lebanon. He emigrated to Canada, via Cyprus, at…
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Highlights from The Pedestal Shop | Available now online
There are a number of new additions to The Pedestal Shop and here we showcase three decorative and highly appealing pieces created in mid-19th century France and Italy. This fine group of four French patinated bronze and yellow sienna marble candlesticks was produced by the renowned Paris-based firm of bronzeurs, Denière. Their casting skills are…
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Introducing Patrick Altes’ new exhibition: Tolerance | At Gerald Moore Gallery
Patrick Altes, Tolerance Gerald Moore Gallery, London SE9 4RW Tolerance, a major new exhibition by Patrick Altes, confronts negative cultural stereotypes and advocates acceptance and respect in times of angst, division and separatism. Patrick Altes was born in colonised Algeria and has lived in many countries – including South Africa under the apartheid regime –…
