About the Fair
Now in its 26th year, the fair brings together dealers nationwide and Twin Cities browsers and buyers. Feel free to drop by dealer booths, ask questions, and marvel at the superb collections.
Benefactors and Guarantors of the Design & Antiques Fair will have the opportunity to visit with curators and dealers during special tours and dealer talks throughout the weekend, including the Preview Party on Thursday, September 23.
Objects in the slideshow above are representative. All objects may not be available at the fair.
Sponsors
- Presenting Sponsor:
- Major Sponsors:
- Private Guarantor Pre-Fair Reception
is generously hosted by Blu Dot.
Preview Party
See it first! Preview the fair for best selection. Mix and mingle with dealers, local collectors, and MIA Trustees and Patrons.
Preview Party
Thursday, September 23, 7 to 10 p.m.
Amuse-bouches & cash bar
Entertainment with DJ Jake Rudh
Free valet parking
Benefactor Reception: special access at 6 p.m.
Private opening of dealer booths
Generous hors d'oeuvres and hosted bar (6 to 7 p.m.)
Entertainment and free valet parking
Guarantor Reception: special access at 5 p.m.
Private opening of dealer booths
Champagne toast
Generous hors d'oeuvres and hosted bar (6 to 7 p.m.)
Entertainment and free valet parking
An exclusive pre-fair reception hosted by Blu Dot at their design studio on September 9.
For reservations, call (612) 870-3033.
For more information, download the Reservation Form (.pdf) »
New Location
Now at the St. Paul Armory , 600 Cedar Street, St. Paul
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Booth Camp Talks
Friday, September 24
1 p.m., Debora Begner, Turkey Mountain Traders
"Southwest Modernism: Indian Jewelry of the 1940s"
1:30 p.m., David Weiss, Weiss Antiques Gallery
"LaVerne Furniture in the Post-war Period"
2 p.m., Liz Armstrong, MIA curator of contemporary art
"Curator's Choice"
2:30 p.m., Michael Hodyesh, Vintage Poster Bank
"Collecting Posters: What's It All About?"
3 p.m., Lin Nelson-Mayson, director, Goldstein Museum of Design
"Director's Choice: Collecting Design"
3:30 p.m., Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers, MIA curator of African art
"Collecting African Art"
Saturday, September 25
12:30 p.m., Allan Austin, J. Austin Jeweler
"Egyptian Revival Jewelry"
1 p.m., David Rudd, Dalton's
"The Development of Gustave Stickley's Style"
1:30 p.m., Jennifer Komar Olivarez, MIA associate curator of decorative arts, textiles, and sculpture
"Scandinavian Design"
2 p.m., Cori Wegener, MIA associate curator of decorative arts, textiles, and sculpture
"Collecting American Folk Art"
2:30 p.m., Eike Schmidt, MIA's James Ford Bell curator of decorative arts and sculpture
"Five Favorites"
3 p.m., Melanie Johns-Secreto, Room with a View
"Collecting Photography"
3:30 p.m., Michael Birdsall, Birdsall Haase
"Changing Fashions in Jewelry: from Nouveau to Deco"
Dealers
Participants as of August 9, 2010www.americanspiritantiques.com
Shawnee Mission, KS
18th- and early 19th-century American furniture and decorative arts. Specializing in figured maple, weathervanes, New England painting
www.antiquecupboard.com
Waukesha, WI
Sterling flatware and holloware with an emphasis on Tiffany material
www.aradergalleries.com
Philadelphia, PA
16th–19th-century works on paper, rare maps, and American paintings
www.abirdinhand.com
Florham Park, NJ
American antiques specializing in decorated stoneware, waterfowl decoys, folk art, painted grain surface furniture with the accent on quality and condition. Established in 1977
birdsallhaase@earthlink.net
St. Paul, MN
Antique jewelry and decorative arts of the neo-classical period
Hareport@wi.rr.com
Racine, WI
19th-century furniture, pottery and porcelain, tools, and accessories from primitives to Victorian
cncheney@roadrunner.com
Newark, OH
Specializing in folk art and things that make you smile
www.daltons.com
Syracuse, NY
Original Arts and Crafts furnishings and decorative accessories
www.danishteakclassics.com
Minneapolis, MN
Specializing in finding, restoring, and selling Danish modern furniture—that is, furniture and accessories mainly designed and produced during the mid-20th century in Denmark
www.elliott-elliott.com
Harbor Springs, MI
An unusual cross section of the American design experience including antique jewelry, early boat models, early Native American art, textiles, carvings, pottery, quill and beadwork, folk art, paintings, furniture, and decorative items from the 18th century to the 1970s
www.mhingston.com
Etna, NH
18th- through 20th-century furniture, American and European silver, Arts and Crafts silver, pottery, and furniture
www.lotzantiques.com
St. Louis, MO
Antique American and English tall clocks in the Midwest, dealing primarily in traditional grandfather clocks from the early 18th- and 19th-century
Sheridan@ponyexpress.net
St. Joseph, MO
18th- and 19th-century American country furniture, folk art, and accessories
www.masterframers.com
St. Paul, MN
A full-service studio workshop specializing in the design and creation of fine handcrafted picture and mirror frames and restoration of antique frames
mcall@fred.net
Clear Spring, MD
18th- and 19th-century decorative arts, ceramics, folk art in sculptural and textural form
www.mcnaughtfineart.com
Santa Cruz, CA
European and American paintings of the 18th through 20th centuries
Tel. (816)333-6636
Kansas City, MO
18th- and 19th-century American furniture and decorative arts
www.philaprintshop.com
Philadelphia, PA
Antique prints and maps from the 16th to the early 20th century
www.plattfineart.com
Chicago, IL
19th- and 20th-century American paintings, works on paper, and master prints
www.raccooncreekantiques.com
Oley, PA
Specializing in Americana and folk art with an emphasis on original surface and condition. Distinctive objects for the sophisticated collector
ascornavacco@aol.com
Gem Lake, MN
17th–19th-century furniture, silver, vertu, porcelain, paintings, jewelry, and related items
silvervault@earthlink.net
Woodstock, IL
Fine silver of the 18th–20th century—English, American, and Continental. Arts and Crafts period holloware and jewelry
lsmithfolk@aol.com
Louisville, KY
19th-century American country furniture. Hooked rugs and other textiles. Sewing related items, folk art, garden, and architectural items
Tel. 573-443-3290
Columbia, MO
American furniture, paintings, and early accessories
www.turkey-mountain.com
Scottsdale, AZ
Antique American Indian arts, Navajo and Zuni jewelry, Navajo textiles, Eastern beadwork and American folk art
www.weissantiquesgallery.com
Birmingham, MI
Asian antiques, Caucasian rugs, fine jewelry, Steuben art glass, and Philip and Kelvin LaVerne bronze furniture and fine art
www.wellesleyhouse.com
Lake Forest, IL
Fine 18th- and 19th-century English furniture and an extensive collection of appropriate accessories
www.wellsandcompanymodernism.com/
Binghamton, NY
Purveyor of fine and decorative arts. Specializing in the 20th century
www.whitehallantiques.com
Chapel Hill, NC
Period formal English and country French furniture with appropriate accessories and art of the 18th and 19th centuries
Guarantors & Benefactors
Gifts received as of August 9, 2010Honorary Chairs
Eric Dayton
Michael Francis
Guarantors
Barbara Braman Bentson
Kim Cameron
Ruth and Bruce Dayton
Becky and Damon Farber
Gayle Fuguitt and Thomas Veitch
Alan Geiwitz and Mary McMahon
Beverly N. Grossman
Barb and Dave Henderson
George and Mary Dee Hicks
Mary Ingebrand.Pohlad
Barbara A. Jabr
Diane and David Lilly
Patty and Sam McCullough
Mary Agnes and Al McQuinn
Sheila C. Morgan
Stephanie Prem and Tom Owens
Deb Davenport and Stew Stender
Mary and Mark Westra
Muriel Wexler
Benefactors
Mark and Gretchen Banks
Carroll C. Brooks
Ella Crosby
Jennifer H. Gross and Jerry LeFevre
Al and Ingrid Lenz Harrison
Martha and Douglas Head
John and Ruth Huss
Shirley and John Nilsen
Gretchen and Jack Norqual
Mary and Doug Olson
Sandra and Richard Schadegg
Barbara H. Steiner
Nancy and Ted Weyerhaeuser
The Committee
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2010 Design & Antiques Fair Committee
Honorary Chairs
Eric Dayton
Michael Francis
Co-Chairs
Kim Cameron
Stew Stender
Vice Chair
Stephanie Prem
Committee
Jeff Denney, Accounting
Ed Farr, Booth Architectural & Design Services
Damon Farber
P. Gayle Fuguitt
Patty McCullough, Secretary
Samuel McCullough
Brenda Pierce, Signage
Dick Schadegg, Arrangements
Show Manager
Karen DiSaia
MIA Department of Decorative Arts, Textiles & Sculpture
Eike Schmidt, James Ford Bell Curator of Decorative Arts & Sculpture
Jennifer Komar Olivarez, Associate Curator
Cori Wegener, Associate Curator
Dawn Fahlstrom, Administrative Assistant