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In 2019 I was the lucky recipient of the BADA Friends Prize. My intention was to fund in 2020 a summer school course at Cambridge University in 'Japanese early-modern palaeography', however, it was unfortunately cancelled last year due to the pandemic.  After over a year of uncertainty, it was moved online and I was able to participate from a distance this August.  The long wait was certainly worth my while! Whilst the course was incredibly intensive (classes started at 7am and preparation for the next day took up the remainder of the day), I couldn't have asked for better tuit

Edward Bulmer of Edward Bulmer Natural Paints speaks to Kathryn Singer of the BADA about his paints and how to use them in interiors filled with antiques and art, his hopes for the wider eco goals of the industry and the collaborative process of designing the new logo for the inaugural BADA Week 2021.

K: Some of our readership won’t be aware of the Edward Bulmer brand, so tell us a bit about your history with antiques, your involvement with the industry, and how it all started. How did you get into this?

Cloisonné is a technique dating back to ancient times, where metalwork was decorated with coloured material that is held in place, or separated by, metal stripes or wire. Gold is normally used.

In recent centuries, vitreous enamel has been used, but inlays or other cut gemstones, glass or materials were also used during older periods. Cloisonné enamel very likely began as an easier imitation of cloisonné work using gems. The resulting objects themselves can also be called cloisonné.

BADA is an Organisational Founder of the Grinling Gibbons Society, celebrating the 300 year anniversary of this man’s exceptional life and career.

Bonhams is hosting the launch of a national exhibition celebrating the life, genius and legacy of the 17th century master wood carver and sculptor, Grinling Gibbons. The exhibition opens on Tuesday 3 August – 300 years to the day after Gibbons' death. It will be on display at Bonhams 101 New Bond Street until Friday 27 August.

Founded in 1918, the British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) is the leading trade association for the UK fine art and antique community. Many members are internationally recognised for their expertise and unparalleled knowledge in their chosen field of speciality, having contributed to many of the world’s leading museums and private collections.

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A busk (also sometimes spelled busque) is an element of a corset. It is an extremely rigid part at the centre front of the garments. There are two types: one- and two-part busks.

On the week of the 19th June 2021, BADA member AD antiques made history for selling an important piece of British Art Pottery.

The Exhibition Vase, produced for the Franco British Exhibition of 1908, was made by the Director or Art, Gordon Forsyth. The exhibition ran for 4 months and attracted over 8 million visitors in the area of London now known as White City.

BADA member Tadema Gallery will be publishing a book celebrating their forty year history in the antiques trade. The book will be published Summer 2021 and is available to pre-order here.

From the back cover:

Starting in 2021, we have been running an ongoing advertising feature in Country Life magazine.

You can see PDF copies of all of our adverts below, including the names of the objects featured.

If you have any questions about the items featured in our adverts, please email [email protected] for more information.

2022

Feature 1 - Country House Issue - March 2022

The word 'cabriole' refers to legs of a piece of furniture that are shaped in two curves. The upper part is convex, whilst the lower is concave, like an “s”. The two halves bend outward and inward, creating a 'foot' to the leg. The design was used by the ancient Chinese and Greeks, but emerged in Europe in the early 18th century, especially in France, England and Holland. Lonnie Bird says that, "nothing symbolises 18th century furniture more than the cabriole leg."