I missed all the excitement of Designer's Saturday at the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show..Billy Baldwin, Bunny Williams..(you'll see why at the end of the post!) but on Sunday I scooped up Lisa and we headed over. The day was stunningly clear, the setting on San Francisco Bay always inspiring.
After a quick and oh-so-satisfying lunch of poulet et pommes de terre roti-to-perfection at the Ft. Mason Farmer's Market, we excitedly headed inside. Yes, things were winding down a bit, but we found lots to intrigue in the show and we met wonderful antiquaires from the world over.
Chinese export watercolors of exotic fruits, 1790-1810
stunning Chinese Chippendale chair for the Chinese
Bedroom at Badminton House, 1754, England
courtesy Ann Getty and Associates
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the show was not all Chinoiserie
mid-century and earlier antiques at
the amazing Downtown includes a pair of these
Spanish revival torchieres
I loved Downtown's breezy and chic approach
from Downtown's website, so worth a visit!
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wonderful polychrome wood cabinet, 1760's, at
Robert Young Antiques as part of their
European folk art collection
toll road sign from the Lakes District in England,
about 1840; early prototype of the current
popular obsession with subway signs?
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French company Les Enluminures displaying priceless illuminations
and jewelry from the middle ages in
this chic space lifting the colors of
the medieval illustrations for the display area walls
priceless Florentine illumination
from a choir book, 1423
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the marina at Ft. Mason, San Francisco..that's the fabled
vegetarian eatery Greens on the right, a favorite of ours
for Sunday brunch with visitors from out of town
the fantastic entry into the
San Francisco Fall Antiques Show,
where the theme was "Chinoiserie"
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so why wasn't I there Saturday?
meet Nicky, our new 4 month old rescue puppy;
does he
not look like a handful?
well he is! nothing is safe if he is awake!
sorry, Bunny:)
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