San Francisco Fall Antiques Show THE SAN FRANCISCO FALL ANTIQUES SHOW Benefiting Enterprise for High School Students is the oldest continuously operating international antiques show on the West Coast.
News-Antique.com - Jul 08,2010 - The Show features approximately seventy dealers from across the United States and Europe, offering for sale an extraordinary range of fine and decorative arts representing all styles and periods including American, English, Continental, and Asian furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, jewelry, rugs, textiles, paintings, prints, and photographs.
THE SAN FRANCISCO FALL ANTIQUES SHOW is vetted in cooperation with the Antiques Dealers Association of California to ensure the highest quality merchandise.
tel 415.989.9019 sffas@ehss.org www.sffas.org
DATES AND HOURS
Thursday, October 28–Saturday, October 30, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, October 31, Noon to 5 p.m.
LOCATION
Fort Mason Center, Festival Pavilion, Marina Boulevard at Buchanan Street, San Francisco, CA
CHAIRS
THE SAN FRANCISCO FALL ANTIQUES SHOW announces a roster of outstanding Chairs for 2010. The legendary Preview Party, to be held on Wednesday, October 27, will be hosted by San Francisco-born fashion designer Derek Lam, along with Show Chair Michele Goss. Other Committee Chairs include Susan Feldman, Peter Getty, Jenna and Bryan Hunt, Letitia and Michael Kim, Laura King Pfaff, Alison Gelb Pincus, John Traina, and Suzanne Tucker.
ANNUAL THEME
Chinoiserie: Rococo to Eco is the evocative theme of the Show, as part of the exciting citywide Shanghai Celebration (see www.shanghaicelebration.com). Visitors will be welcomed in a fanciful, stunning, 20-foot tall pagoda entrance, created by renowned architect Andrew Skurman. The special Exhibition, guest curated by Maria Santangelo of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and historian Holland Lynch, will showcase exquisite furnishings, porcelain, lacquer, and fine arts from private and museum collections, presenting imaginative Western interpretations of Chinese artistic influences.
EXHIBITORS
Among the illustrious returning Exhibitors are: Axel Vervoordt, Belgium; Bauman Rare Books, USA; Robert Bowman Gallery, England; Conru, Belgium; Danish Silver, Denmark; Douglas Dawson, USA; Peter Fetterman Gallery, USA; Carlton Hobbs, USA; Kentshire, USA; Bernard Steinitz, France; and Robert Young Antiques, England. Over 65 leadings dealers from around the world will bring an array of decorative and fine arts. Please check the show website (www.sffas.org) for updated information.
