Winter 2016

in the event’s new name. Tucker says, “There is a lot that is new this year—adding ‘Art’ to the name of the Show for one. This was by popular demand from many dealers and opens the Show up to a broader range of art galleries.” Another major update is the elimination of the fifty-year cutoff date for offerings. According to Tucker, “We have invited our dealers to think beyond antiques and bring pieces from antiquity to present day…Walking the aisles of the Show will be a feast of the beauty and splendor of the finest art and antiques throughout time and pieces many centuries old as well as from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.” The San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show has long had a reputation as a must-attend event for the country’s top interior designers, a quality that Tucker attributes to the fair’s top-notch offerings and fabulous designer preview night, which is held before the official opening party, allowing designers to put items on hold for their clients. “In addition,” says Tucker, “there is strong designer involvement in the Show itself.” Need proof? Lifestyle guru Aerin Lauder will serve as the Honorary Chair of the 2016 Show, the entry will be designed by San Francisco architect Andrew Skurman, and there will be four designer vignettes, each incorporating a few choice antiques as well as a custom-designed wall covering exclusively developed in collaboration with de Gournay. The vignettes will be designed by Ann Getty, Catherine Kwong, AntonioMartins, and Jonathan Rachman. The Show will also present a full roster of programming, including cocktail hour talks and a highly-anticipated lecture series that will feature a number of interior design luminaries, such as David Netto and Alexa Hampton. Book signings will follow all of the lectures, and there will be a Ken Fulk book launch party. The San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show will kick off on Wednesday, October 26, with an opening night Preview Gala at the Fort Mason Center’s Festival Pavilion in the city’s posh Marina District and will run through Sunday, October 30. As always, 100% of net proceeds benefit Enterprise for High School Students, the San Francisco nonprofit that offers training, career counseling, and internships to a diverse group of Bay Area youth to pursue life after school with passion and purpose.  2016 Antiques & Fine Art 87 An exquisite Louis Philippe period polychrome decorated two door cabinet by “Chifflot,” French. Signed and dated: Chifflot 1846-47. Of polychrome lacquer on black ground, the carcass of oak and poplar. In original, unrestored condition. Offered by Carlton Hobbs, LLC. A fine pair of oval rococo girandoles having a stylized crest blending both chinoiserie and “Gothick” elements with c-scrolls and carved leaf decoration surmounting a second crest with a profusion of leaves and c-scrolls surrounding the oval frame having candle arms with the base made of double opposing c-scrolls. English, circa 1750. Offered by Clinton Howell Antiques.