visitor information
The next Cambridge Glass Fair will take place at Chilford Hall Vineyard on Sunday, 21st September 2008. The fair is open from 10.30am until 4.00pm.
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Cambridge Glass Fair |
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Chilford Hall Vineyard is situated amid rolling countryside a few miles south east of the City of Cambridge with its colleges and lively arts scene.
The Cambridge Glass Fair is more than just that - it is an event which brings together around 100 exhibitors from across the U.K. and Europe. You will be able to find both antique glass and contemporary studio work; glass from all eras and to suit all tastes. If your preference is for Georgian drinking glasses you will find many knowledgeable specialists, if you are interested in the Art Deco and Art Nouveau periods you will be amply catered for by several quality exhibitors and if you lean toward modernist collectables and art glass you will be spoilt for choice.
At the Cambridge Glass Fair we are continually striving to improve the visitors’ experience. We were the first one-day fair to introduce regular exhibitions presenting both loan collections and previously overlooked areas of glass to our visitors.
Our promotional postcards were another real innovation and have become collectors’ items in their own right.
We have also offered visitors the opportunity to meet some well-known personalities including Eric Knowles, Sam Herman, Andy McConnell and Mark Hill and we have hosted several book launches and selling exhibitions. The Stained Glass Museum from Ely cathedral are also regular exhibitors.
The venue itself has much to offer, with a very pleasing ambience and with various pieces of artwork displayed around the halls and grounds. It also offers free parking for up to 1000 vehicles. There is an excellent bistro and bar within the halls and the Vineleaf café is located nearby. At lunchtime, there is live music in the restaurant area which adds to the occasion.
We have started to update our exhibition archive pages and over the next few months all of the previous foyer exhibitions will be reinstated. We hope that you will enjoy looking at them.
The foyer exhibition for this fair will feature a loan collection of Sklo Union pressed glass.
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| František Vizner “eye-bath” jardiniere, 1961 |
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With the launch this year of two books on this subject and an important exhibition of Czech Glass at King's Lynn during July and August there is definitely something in the air. Oxbridge Fairs are fortunate to be able to provide visitors to the fair with the opportunity to view a comprehensive display of Sklo Union pressed glass to give some insight into this new collecting area.
This exhibition will be enhanced by a book signing by the author and collectables expert Mark Hill of his latest work, ‘Hi Sklo Lo Sklo’, which has been produced to accompany Graham Cooley’s exhibition of Czech glass at King's Lynn.
The other book, on Czech pressed glass and entitled ‘Sklo Union – Art Before Industry’, will be launched by the author Marcus Newhall at the National Glass Collectors Fair at Gaydon on November 9th 2008. Oxbridge Fairs are pleased to announce that Marcus will be involved in organising the foyer exhibition at Cambridge.
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| St. Louis lampwork weight, 1999 |
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For paperweight enthusiasts, the Paperweight Collectors Circle is holding an ‘Identification Clinic’ where you will be able to bring along any weights or
related items you have questions about or just wish to discuss. This is an excellent opportunity to find out about weights you have tucked away at home that you may have bought, inherited or perhaps received as gifts.
We will continue to innovate and to develop the fair, and to that end we have lots of good things in store. Come along and join us on September 21st: maybe combine your visit with a trip into Cambridge or even make a weekend of it.
If glass is your passion, we at the Cambridge Glass Fair will ensure that you can indulge it to the full and have a wonderful time.
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