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London by Design

At the Pavilion of Art and Design fair in London, the thrum of activity surrounding art deco, as well as contemporary artist-designers working in natural materials, evidenced the health of a market fueled by global collectors—and their decorators—who were eager to buy.

Many of the booths seemed to coalesce around three clear design trends: art deco; bronze and ceramics, and organic forms and materials. Photo: Nick Harvey
Julie Brener Davich
October 19, 2025

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Before I stopped by London’s Pavilion of Art and Design fair this week, a well-placed contact in the design world told me I had to see Anna Petrus’s table. The Hunting Tray table, which features a tin-plated copper tray decorated with hunting scenes atop a blackened wooden base, marked Petrus’s entrée into metalworking—rare for a woman in 1920. But when I made my way to the Swedish gallery Modernity’s booth, where it was supposed to be displayed, I learned that the table had sold before the fair even started.