The Irish Antique Dealers Association Fair will take place in the RDS, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, from Thursday 21st September until Sunday 24th September 2017

Ireland’s leading antique dealers will all be present, exhibiting a wide range of the rare and the beautiful. There will also be a series of free guest lectures from some of the world’s leading experts in their fields.

To print out your complimentary invitation, click to this page: INVITATIONS

The invitation-only preview night of the fair, Thursday 21st, opens from 5pm until 9pm.

The daily hours are
Friday 22rd 11am until 9pm
Saturday 23rd 11am until 6pm
Sunday 24th 11am until 6pm

 

There will be an extensive series of lectures during the fair. Entry is free, though it can be a good idea to show up early, as the room can fill up!

Lectures IADA Fair

Friday 22 nd September

12 Noon Robert O’Byrne – Author, Historian“The Real Story Behind Somerville and Ross’s Big House at Inver

1pm Dr. Christine Casey – Associate Professor in Architectural History, Trinity College Dublin.
“Making Magnificence: Architects, Stuccatori and Eighteenth Century Interior”

2pm Dr. Peter Murray – Past Director of Crawford Gallery Cork.
“George Victor du Noyer 1817 – 1869 Watercolours of Ireland.

3pm Dr. Audrey Whitty – Keeper of Art & Industrial Division, National Museum of Ireland.

“History of The Asian Collections in the National Museum of Ireland”

Saturday 23 rd September

12 Noon Phyllis McNamara of Cobwebs, Galway.
“The Fascinating Story of the Claddagh Ring”

1pm Dr. Tom Sinsteden – Member of the Dublin Assay Office, Member of the Antique Plate
Committee of Company Goldsmith, Dublin.
“Irish Silver Unmasked”

2pm George Stacpoole in Conversation with Dr Thomas Ryan, Past President of the Royal Hibernian Academy.

3pm Vandra Costello – Landscape Historian.

“A Grand Profusion of Curious Shells.” Shell Mania in 18 th Century Ireland. How Shells
Became Fashionable Motifs in Furniture, Plaster Work and Shell Houses and Grottoes.

Sunday 24 th September

12 Noon George Williams – Antique Dealer and Restorer.

“Headfort House and the Taylor Legacy. Story of the family, the contents including the
portraits and Robert Adams involvement.

1pm Dr. Ruth Kenny – Curator of the Irish Georgian Society 2018 Exhibition Celebrating the Society of Arts in Ireland.
“Exhibiting Art in Georgian Ireland”

2pm Julian Radcliffe – Art Loss Register.

“Importance of Provenance. How to Enhance Value”

 

 

 

 

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Many of our members exhibit at regional fairs up and down Ireland; generally you can find these details on the members own website. The IADA organises its annual fair in the RDS, Merrion Road, Dublin in late September/early October every year. Dates and complimentary invitations will be available here when they are available.

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