Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park was published 200 years ago, in 1814. The author’s bicentary in 2017 is being marked this year at the winter edition of the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair at Battersea Park in London from January 21 -26 by the creation of two Regency interior styles. Different social echelons in Regency England are reflected in two rooms created for the fair.
There is a fictional Mansfield Park room. The author would have spent time in similar grand houses. It is a mix of periods, typical of the time. There is a Georgian bookcase, a writing desk, a sofa, William and Mary elbow chairs, a large Aubusson rug and Gainsborough style chairs of the sort that lovers of antique furniture avidly collect to this day. Her own home, in Chawton, Hampshire, would have been furnished in a more ordinary country style. A wallpaper pattern dating to c1780 has been specially produced by historical wallpaper makers Hamilton Weston for the Chawton cottage area of the display. The fair is located at Battersea Park in London. More than 140 dealers from the UK and Europe will take part. Interesting and unusual furniture, mirrors, lighting, accessories and works of art from the 17th to 21st centuries are displayed with flair for interior inspiration.
Oak lowboy c1710.
George III red walnut tea table.
18th and 19th century blue and white English pottery.
Royal Crescent wallpaper by Hamilton Weston.
A Regency convex mirror.