Madrid,
Eighty antique shops, auctions and galleries will participate, between April 6 and 14, in a new edition of Antik Almoneda, which will take place in the third pavilion of IFEMA and which, once again, will interest lovers of collecting, decoration, fashion and jewelry. The selection of pieces they will present, at least half a century old, suitable for very different tastes and pockets, will cover archaeology, painting and sculpture; also antique furniture, jewelry, clothing and accessories, table linens, lamps, watches and rugs.
We know some of the proposals exhibited in the decorative field: Miguel Cebrián Antigüedades will exhibit period furniture and objects, such as a dozen chairs from a palace or an Aragonese pine table, with its original polychrome from the 18th century, while Marita Segovia, who It will combine antique and contemporary pieces in its stand, it will exhibit an angel lamp, in carved and stewed wood, from the 17th century Sevillian School, a pair of French chests of drawers in a neoclassical style and a pedestal table in white Carrara marble, from the 18th century.
For its part, Antigüedades Merale comes to IFEMA with French and Portuguese cupboards, dining tables, mirrors, armchairs, chairs, cutlery, tableware and decorative objects from other periods, highlighting Portuguese corner cupboards from the late 19th century and a Louis Philippe chest of drawers; The Ruiz Linares space will house a careful selection of general antiques, objects and furniture, including popular arts from the Granada region and a 17th century Spanish table with a lyre leg and iron fasteners; while Isadora, an antique dealer specialized in the decorative arts of the 20th century, in Galician painting and sculpture, will bet on an Italian living room furniture from the fifties, among other pieces. Palacios Antiques will show us a vintage oriental piece of furniture from the sixties or a batch of porcelain plates from the 18th century, and Kelly Deco, a Munari sofa from the fifties, with curved and elegant lines.
At the Joan & Joana Gallery stand we will see a cameo glass paste vase, linked to Art Nouveau, and another enamel vase signed by Camille Faure, Art Deco, as well as a bronze sculpture on a marble base by Affortunato Gory, also in Art Deco style. Clavell & Morgades has opted for a Gothic ark with three sections separated by openwork tracery, with a large molded skirt, original dust covers and remains of polychrome, of Catalan origin and dating from the 15th-16th centuries, and Luis Carvajal will exhibit in its space a a pair of ebonized and gilded wood Venetian glasses, from the 19th century, and another pair of Medici iron cups, neoclassical and from the 19th century.
The antique dealer Howards Antiques, specialized in religious art and liturgical objects, will assist Antik Almoneda with a collection of miniature reliquaries and devotional books painted in copper or glass, as well as with a Neapolitan wood-carved Christ tied to the column, from the 18th century; Their proposals will be joined by those of Agurcho Iruretagoyena, Altabella Antiquities, El Clásico Antiquities, Plana Antiquities, Ramon I Cabrera, Cambalache Antiquities, Art and Antiquities Fernando Guerao, Carlos Antigüedades, Echeverría Antiquities, Muparca, Antiguart, Verde Gabán: Algo de Angela, Berenis, Bernat Simó – Isabel López, Blank Room Antiques, Candelabra, Casa Febrero, Ulysse, Mssa Interiorismo, Espacio Madre, Friggantik, Galleria Nicola Quadri, Miguel Arcas Antigüedades, Infinitus By Gonzalo Ferrer, La Trona, Amaltea Antiques, Monica Lupi, The Vintiqs, Dnuevo.Art, Zarco Antiques, Lola de Cárcer, Art Deco Gallery, Beatriz Bálgoma and Mynordics.
Those looking for collector's items can go to Antigüedades Elpienna, which participates in another edition of Antik Almoneda showing typewriters and sewing machines, gramophones, automatons, office supplies, scientific instruments and a wide variety of decorative objects; a typewriter will catch our attention Fitch No. 1 from the year 1888 or a model barber chair Jaso nº3, restored and dated 1940.
Miguel Cebrián Antigüedades will show a handmade naval model from the late 19th century and early 20th century and Antigüedades Nautilus, Antigüedades Plana, Antiquo Neton – Del Val, Ediciones Escultura Historical or Valentí Agut – Porrera will participate with other lots. If you are, or were, fans of Queen, be sure to go to the Adrià Codina Art Gallery space, where five pieces of clothing that Freddie Mercury wore in his concerts in the first half of the eighties await us, and hand-painted, a the singer's personal handkerchief and exclusive photos of him.
In addition, the initiative will return to Antik Almoneda The time capsulewhich already had a notable success among visitors last year: it is an experiential space dedicated to the eighties in which nostalgic or young people will be able to get closer to the icons and music of that time.
Today, April 4, the fair celebrates a day dedicated to decorators, interior designers, antique dealers, auctioneers and architects; Another open house has been scheduled for the next 9th, with free access to all interested parties.
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