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Antique lighting at the Decorative Fair

Antique lighting - for outside

Antique lighting - Silver plated lamps

antique lighting - Hall lanterns

Italian Antique Chandeliers

Antique street lighting - childhood memories

Antique lighting - library lights

Antique lighting - Giltwood Lanterns

Antique lighting at the September Decorative Fair

Antique lighting at the Decorative Fair

Pairs of antique floor lamps , a big part of our antique li...

Antique Lanterns for the Autumn - coming soon

Antique lighting - new antique chandeliers this week

Antique lighting - new this week - Summer news

Antique lighting - mid 20th C examples

Antique lighting - floor lamps

New antique lighting on the website today

Spring 16 Decorative Fair

Antique lighting in Murano

Antique chandeliers for spring and summer

Antique lighting 1930 -1970

Fabulous antique chandeliers

Antique reading lamps

Amazing Decorative Fair

Ski chalet antique lighting - sparkle elegantly

Antique table lamps - a big part of our antique ligting rang...

Our chandelier in House and Garden

New winter season Antique Lighting

Ringing the changes

Reflections on The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair

All the fun of the fair

The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair

Change of Domain name

Empire Antique Chandelier revival

Antique lighting at the Southwold Fair

Antique Baccarat Chandelier

Antique Chandeliers for barns

Antique lighting restocked

Our Antique lighting at the Decorative Fair until Sunday 26t...

Restoration project - Antique Chandelier from frame to fairy...

Antique lighting and Country House Furniture--- Easter openi...

Antique Chandeliers - 80-100 cms wide

Antique Lighting for conservatories

Antique chandelier styles

Antique Lighting and Chandelier showrooms are now finished

Antique lighting showrooms - Christmas opening

Two glass Antique Chandeliers - both beautiful

Antique Lighting at the Decorative Fair

Antique lighting showrooms - work continues

Antique Lighting and Chandeliers- New space

Autumn Decorative Fair 30th Sept - 5th October

Antique Chandeliers - new seasons stock

Antique Outside Lighting

NDA @ Newark Antiques Fair 5th June

Thursford Green - Our village gardens

New stock spring 14

EASTER OPENING

Norfolk Decorative Antiques showroom and workshop will be open on Good Friday 18th April and Easter Monday 21st April 9-...

SLAVE CLOCKS

We have recently finished restoring a pair of French factory slave clocks

Blue Lighting

Funny how stock sometimes just goes together, noticed we had some really nice blue things today

NEW STOCK COMING SOON

10 antique chandeliers 4 lanterns, half a dozen floor lamps, coffee tables, side tables, a mirror, quirky bits, and a pa...

Antique Floor Lamps

We sell loads of antique floor lamps of all shapes and sizes

Antique Chandeliers for low ceilings

We often get asked for Antique Chandeliers with a very short drop for low ceilings

Antique Chandeliers and Lanterns - Open between Christmas an...

Just a few of our current selection of antique chandeliers and antique lanterns, restored and rewired in our own worksho...

Antique Chandeliers `iron maidens`

We love Antique Chandeliers made from iron, usually they have a fine shape and stand out well against pale walls and cei...

Antique Chandeliers

Tent and Bag or Tent and Waterfall ?

NDA - NEW STOCK AT BATTERSEA FAIR

We have the most amazing amount of new stock which we cannot photograph in time for the fair.

Team NDA - New floor for the Decorative Fair

Just acquired this amazing set of oak boards which we have sanded and are going to use at the Decorative Fair next week...

Daniel Graham a grandson for NDA

We are so pleased to anounce the arrival of our first grandchild, a little boy- Daniel, who we are hot- footing it to se...

Bank Holiday - on the beach !

Norfolk Decorative Antiques - workshop, showroom and warehouse will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday - open on Tuesday 2...

NDA and Kiki Design visit Venice

After a brief sojurn in Rome buying stock we left on the TVG to Venice (3hrs) arrival at Venice Santa Lucia Station is a...

Measuring for chandeliers and lanterns

Before buying an antique chandelier , lantern or hanging light, measurements should be checked first. The best way to ...

Glass spheres

Clear glass spheres are very useful as hanging lights and look best together in a set of two or tree or more. we have se...

NDA visits Monique Relander

Maurice and I visited Monique, Stephan and Nico recently whilst buying stock in Belgium, the weather was terrible but...

Liege or Murano antique chandelier ?

Liege glass blowers were in the 19th C every bit as good as those on Murano. This chandelier was made for gas and is da...

Huge Antique Lantern

This very large antique lantern formerly from outside a French Gendarmerie ! is perfect for a conservatory , Orangery ...

Collection of French reading lamps

We have a collection of French adjustable reading lamps from 1950/60s

Norfolk Decorative and On- Reflection go to India

We spent 2 weeks recently in India looking at glass factories and antique warehouses, here is a small selection of oth...

Deco Delights

New in -- this stunning Deco Antique Chandelier with mercury glass decoration and wide sweeping glass arms

Elegant glass antique chandelier

New in this week - An elegant glass chandelier with twisted glass stem and leaves at the top and base

Limburg glass hanging lights

Just in a set of 9 1970s bubble glass Limburg lights with Chrome fittings

Pair of bronze glass murano antique chandeliers

So rare to find a pair of any sort of chandeliers now unless reproduction, this small but smart pair of bronze glass Mur...

January Decorative Fair 2013

It was always going to be a stress, the BBC weather forecast has never been so well used !

Antique Lanterns

New in and going straight to the Decorative Fair, three English tapered copper lanterns , formerly for gas, in original ...

NDA has a new look on the website

Just in time for Christmas a new look for the website. We will be open over Christmas by appointment, the workshop is bu...

JANUARY DECORATIVE FAIR 22ND-27TH

The January outing of the Battersea Decorative Antiques Fair ( always the nicest) takes place in Battersea Park 22nd t...

The Norfolk Decorative Antiques Christmas Rush

Pre Christmas - sales at NDA, every Antique Chandelier we send out has to have a frame or a special box made , it can t...

ADJUSTABLE READING LAMPS

WE have new in this week a selection or adjustable reading lamps with swan necks all French circa 1960

NORFOLK DECORATIVE ANTIQUES - THE WEDDING !

Maurices daughter Hannah married Grant Baxter her south African fiance on an epic day in Bude Cornwall

NDA at the DECORATIVE FAIR 2ND -7TH OCTOBER

Packed the 2 vans and now just the final touches to our largest piece of stock, tomorrw the carriers Annne and Steve com...

NDA has a new poodle

WE have a brand new 8 week old poodle called Monty , cousin to Marchand Antiques Murphy , hes sooo sweet and soo naught...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAURICE PERRY 65 - youve made it !!

And Noooo you can`t retire, Antiques dealers never retire and just because Maurice is 65 on Sunday 29th July doesn`t mea...

MIRRORS!

Just added a selection of mirrors we have had under restoration and a couple more to come soon, all our mirrors have ori...

CONSERVATORY LIGHTING

This is the time of the year when we sell a lot of lighting for conservatories and indoors /outside spaces, with the Ch...

April Battersea Decorative Fair NEXT WEEK

The prettiest of the three Decorative Fairs in Battersea park open on Tuesday 24th April , here is a selection of stock ...

Murano Lighting

Murano has been making glass since the 9th Century, and from the 13th C onwards there is a abundance of material showing...

GLASS CHANDELIERS FOR LIGHTER BRIGHER MOMENTS

just added three fantastic chandeliers One Italian One Spanish and One Gustavian

NEW SEASON NEW STOCK

It was the coldest buying trip ever , and standing in a massive airfield in minus 14 degrees with a windchill added isn`...

GIRANDOLE MIRRORS

Just added a set of three girandole giltwood mirrors, English 1860 and a larger girandole with two sets of sconces , al...

JANUARY DECORATIVE FAIR

The January Decorative fair at Battersea Park -a chance to meet the dealers see the stock and be inspired 24th Tuesday...

VASELINE GLASS ORIGINS

Just posted some really lovely vaseline Art Nouveau pendant lights which are quite a rare find, vaseline glass is a pal...

NORFOLK DECORATIVE ANTIQUES IN ISTANBUL

In Istanbul to visit our son Max and his girlfriend Naz and her lovely family, and to open up some communications for ...

DARK NIGHTS SPARKLY LIGHTS

As the nights lengthen how welcoming our homes look becomes more important especially with the closeness of Christmas an...

2 more amazing pairs of lamps

A pair of crackle glazed 1950`s vases converted to lamps with linen shades and the most elegant ironwork lamps wev`e eve...

Decorative Fair Delights

The Battersea Decorative Fair which runs from 27th September to 2nd October, Chelsea gate entrance to Battersea Park, is...

AUTUMN DECORATIVE FAIR - BATTERSEA

The Autumn staging of the Battersea Decorative Antiques and Textiles fair Sept 27th - 0ctober 2nd if you would like a...

Three sets of pottery lamps

Pottery lamps - REVIVAL -- all three pairs we have presently are great colours and great shapes. Use with different colo...

Two Fab Lanterns

Sometimes we acquire antique lighting items which we know are very unusual and also great for the consumer, easy to use ...

Jills New Van

Norfolk Decorative have bought a new small van and found a fantastically efficient kind and helpful car dealer ---------...

Dutch Chandeliers - the new must haves

Dutch Style Chandeliers made from brass or silver alloy follow the current trend for all things desirable with great sha...

Jills off to the Hay Festival

We collect the `de luxe` very large camper van on the 27th and then first via Toby and Lesley at LORFORDS in Tetbury, ...

SETTING UP THE DECORATIVE FAIR

From Chaos to Perfection a week of very hard work. Setting up the Decorative Fair takes time and energy.

MAY DECORATIVE FAIR 3RD TO 8TH

The Battersea Decorative Fair is scheduled to open on Tuesday May 3rd at 12 noon and continue till Sunday 8th May

MARGATE - MY HOME TOWN

Jane and I spent a couple of days this week with our colleagues and friends Fontaine Decorative Antiques at their new w...

Jill, Jane and Rob at the Bath Fair

Jane, and I and Rob Watson our webdesigner enjoyed the Bath Decorative Fair , which looked really good, a sizeable queu...

MAURICE ON THE CATWALKS OF MILAN

Buying in Italy does have its advantages !! after a successful trip thro France and into Italy via the Frejus tunnel we...

NORFOLK DECORATIVE - SHOWROOM REVAMP

A timely upgrade to our showrooms, not done since 2009 , so long overdue.

www.DECORATIVE COLLECTIVE.COM our sister site

Our sister site www.decorativecollective.com is now nearly 12 months old in its current format, its been a roller coaste...

BATTERSEA DECORATIVE FAIR

Working all over Christmas and New Yr to get ready for the Battersea Fair 18th to 23rd January 2011. We have paper C...

WILLIAM AND KATE VISIT OUR VILLAGE

Thursford green where we live is a tiny hamlet in North Norfolk but it has a Museum dedicated to old steam engines and ...

SNOW STORIES

26TH NOVEMBER 2010 6 ins of snow this morning and an early call from THE BRITISH SHOP to say their carrier was waiting a...

JANUARY DECORATIVE FAIR

The January Battersea decorative fair will feature `Let there be Light` for its foyer exhibition in the tent at Batterse...

19TH/20TH CENTURY LIGHTING

Lots of lighting on all the antique websites at the moment, Christmas is coming and everyone wants their house to look s...