Nine members of The Cotswold Art & Antique Dealers’ Association (CADA) are participating in the first Cotswolds Curated taking place from Saturday 2 to Sunday 10 April 2022 in shops and galleries in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Worcestershire. The selling exhibitions cover many different subjects and centuries, offering paintings, exterior and interior sculpture, samplers, carpets rugs and textiles, campaign furniture and travel accessories, writing furniture and work by Cotswold artists and designers. Opening over two weekends, a tour of the area will be full of interest and inspiration in early April for lovers of art, antiques and interiors.
In Gloucestershire:
Architectural Heritage (Taddington Manor, Taddington GL54 5RY) ‘Evolution to Extinction and Back’ is a journey through Modern British sculpture starting with Edward Bainbridge Copnall’s The Evolution. Although one of Copnall’s first carved works, circa 1930, this was in fact the beginning of the end of this genre of work. The extinction point is represented by the dinosaur drawings by Bryan Kneale. Exhibition Opening Hours: 11am to 4pm
Christopher Clarke Antiques (The Fosseway, Sheep Street, Stow-on-the-Wold GL54 1JS) ‘Furnishing The Empire’ featuring 18th, 19th & 20th century campaign furniture & travel Items. An extraordinary range of items were made to ease the life of a British soldier or traveller. The furniture and accessories they used from campaign chests and tables to lighting and folding globes all make up the exhibition. Catalogue available. Exhibition Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday 9am to 5.30pm, Sundays 10am to 4pm www.campaignfurniture.com
David Pickup joins Architectural Heritage at Taddington Manor to showcase his exhibition ‘On The Cotswold Hills’ showing a selection of fine English furniture and works of art dating from the 17th to the 20th centuries, including Cotswold arts and crafts pieces made on the Cotswold Hills. Exhibition Opening Hours: 11am to 4pm www.davidpickupantiques.com
In Oxfordshire:
Sarah Colegrave opens a pop-up gallery at 14 Market Square, Woodstock OX20 1TA for her exhibition ‘The Cotswold Group’. Selling works by members of the Birmingham School of Artist-Craftsmen with particular interest in those who settled in the Cotswolds, artists include Charles and Margaret Gere, Bernard Sleigh, Henry Payne, Arthur Gaskin, Kate Eadie, Maxwell Armfield and Frederick Cayley Robinson. Exhibition Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sundays 11am to 4pm www.sarahcolegrave.co.uk
W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd (86 Corn Street, Witney OX28 6BU) ‘Biting My Truant Pen’ (after Sir Philip Sidney) a special exhibition of English antique writing furniture over two centuries and covering the reigns of eleven British monarchs. Exhibition Opening Hours: 10am to 5pm www.wrharvey.com
Legge Carpets Ltd* (25 Oakthorpe Road, Oxford OX2 7BD) ‘Tribal Weavings’ with original artefacts woven by tribal and village women for use in their homes, tents and on migration. The bags, rugs and carpets from Iran and central Asia, mostly dating from the 19th century, were often symbols of identity and status for important occasions like weddings. Exhibition Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 5pm, Sunday 11am to 4pm www.leggecarpets.com
Witney Antiques* (100 Corn Street, Witney OX28 6BU) ‘A School Room Exercise’ is an exhibition of samplers from the 18th and 19th centuries. Exhibition Opening Hours: 10.30am to 4pm www.witneyantiques.com
In Worcestershire:
Haynes Fine Art (Picton House, 42 High Street, Broadway WR12 7DT) Celebrating its 50th anniversary ‘Spring Exhibition’ is the first of many events for this very special occasion marking its standing as a proud third generation family business. The selling exhibition shows 19th to 21st century art and sculpture with over 300 pieces beautifully displayed in the award winning gallery. Exhibition Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 5.30pm, Sundays 10am to 4pm www.haynesfineart.com
Trinity House Paintings (35 High Street, Broadway WR12 7DP) ‘The Spring Salon 2022’ with highlights from the latest collection of paintings and sculpture featuring a carefully curated selection of Impressionist, Modern British and contemporary pieces. Exhibition Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sundays 10am to 4pm www.trinityhousepaintings.com
Check out the website at www.thecada.org to discover more information about Cotswolds Curated and its participants and follow @cotswoldartandantiquedealers on Instagram for more peeks about what you can see.