Rita Konig for BADA Week 2022

Rita Konig speaks to the BADA about selecting the colour for BADA Week 2022, her love of antique china and glass, and her top tips for decorating your home.


Thank you so much for choosing the BADA Week colour for 2022. Could you tell us more about why you have chosen this particular colour?

I love olive green and find it is a colour that almost everything looks good with.  

The Makers Series: Fornasetti

Piero Fornasetti was an Italian painter, artist and designer with an eclectic style. He was a very important figure in Italian industrial design culture, to such an extent that his name is internationally known. He was involved in a variety of disciplines, including painting, drawing, graphic and product design. In the course of his career he created over 13,000 works of art and was responsible for one of the largest outputs of objects and furniture of the 20th century.

The Makers Series: Paul Storr

One of the finest silversmiths of the Regency period, Paul Storr’s magnificent neo-classical designs were much admired by Royalty and the English aristocracy, adorning palaces, and stately homes throughout Europe. His creations remain much in demand with contemporary collectors and can be seen in the collections of Windsor Castle, the V&A Museum, Buckingham Palace, The New York Metropolitan Museum, and a host of other leading public and private collections worldwide.

Terms of the Trade: Teapoy

Originally, the term teapoy was used to describe a small flat topped three-legged table and derives from the Hindi word tīn, meaning three, and the Persian word pāi, meaning foot. In the 17th century the term was usually spelt “tepoy” a name which bore no relation to the drink it at all and early examples are often mistaken for candle stands. However, the evolution of the term is intrinsically linked with the British passion for tea.

The Makers Series: Dent London

Established in 1814, Dent London quickly earned an unparalleled reputation for the accuracy of their clocks and marine chronometers, earning them the patronage of monarchs, and famed explorers, as well as some very famous public commissions.

Born in 1790, Edward John Dent was just three years old when his mother passed away and was apprenticed to his grandfather, a candle merchant, at the age of 14, finding lodgings with his cousin Richard Rippon.

International Women's Day 2022: An Interview with Louise Phillips

For International Women's Day 2022, we interviewed our first female Chairman of BADA: Louise Phillips. Louise is a second-generation dealer, carrying on the business founded by her mother, Elaine Phillips Antiques.


 

How did you first discover a love for fine art and antiques?

My parents were collectors. As a baby I was taken to sales at the weekend in my carry cot and it went from there.  As I grew up, I loved sourcing items of stock and still do.

 

The Makers Series: Paul Sormani

One of the most celebrated ébéniste or cabinetmakers of the 19th century, Paul Sormani is famed for his magnificent luxury furniture reproduced in the styles of the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI periods and frequently surpassing the quality and craftsmanship of the originals.

Born in Venice, Italy in 1817, Sormani trained as a cabinetmaker, but it was in France that he established his reputation, opening his first workshop in the Saint-Nicolas district of Paris at the age of 30.

The Fairford Park Friendship Album - Karen Taylor

A Case Study of Talented 19th Century Amateur Women Artists

BADA Member Karen Taylor wrote this article for London Art Week 2021. Of the article, she says, "Female artists are an area of current collecting interest, and a field in which I specialise. I am currently working on another catalogue of the work of British women artists."

The BADA is publishing this article courtesy of London Art Week.