Trends in interior design have always affected the antiques market; the whims of leading rends in interior design decorators influencing what is in and what is out. Think of the country house-loving 1980s, when British homes gleamed with Georgian furniture - mahogany bureaux, breakfront cabinets set against a backdrop of chintzes and frilly-knicker blinds. By the Noughties it was the turn of mid-century modern: lean, spiky-legged pieces echoing the minimalist look of interiors.
So what will we be buying in 2024? Anyone who has visited last year’s key antiques events, such as LAPADA or The Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair in Battersea, will know that this decade looks poised to be very different. Instead of one distinct look, a cocktail of design influences is fuelling a
