by Noelle McElhatton
Hosted in a venue built in 1904 for floral exhibitions, the temperature at the start of January’s Adams Antiques Fair in London resembled that of a hothouse.
Business at 144 stalls, under the glass vaulted ceiling of the Royal Horticultural Halls, Victoria, was fast and furious on Sunday, January 20. Buyers headed straight for favourite dealers who stall out regularly at the monthly event affectionately known as the ‘Horti’.