Antique Collectors’ Argosy

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 291, 9 December 1936, Page 16

Antique Collectors’ Argosy

Tlie third Antique Dealers' Fair al Grosvenor House shows an interesting broadening of taste in many directions says the “Listener.” There is a sequel to the greht Chinese Exhibition at Burlington House in the enormously increased demand for good early pottery and bronzes. Pieces and periods, previously known only to experts, aro now undermining tho supremacy of Ming Famille Rose and jado. . This may be attributed to an in creasing refinement of taste and appre ciation of pure form, the first-fruits perhaps, of more intelligent teaching °f art in schools and colleges. Mediaeval

the fore cm clryn hd cmfw shrdluhr and Renaissance carvings have also come to the fore. Last year only one dealer showed examples of Gothic art. This year thero are three large stands with some nne specimens. The demand for silver, particularly iu America, is also ou the increase, and dealers aro trying to influence buyers away from Georgian and Queen Anne to the rarer Commonwealth and early Stuart ware Chippendale is still tho collector’s favourito in furniture, but there is 0 tendency among ordinary buyers to go m more for Sheraton and Hepplewhit®.