With a global health emergency as a backdrop, no wonder Ingrid Nilson, organiser of the Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair, felt “on tenterhooks for months” before staging the 2020 edition on September 11-13.
Nilson, co-owner of ADFL (The Antiques Dealers Fair Limited), had a list of challenges. Top of these was waiting for the National Trust to license the holding of the fair as an outdoor event in Petworth Park.
With approval given in late July, the fair went ahead with gusto last week – rescheduled from May.