Everything we loved at LAPADA 2025
From October 28 to November 2, the LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair returns to its iconic Mayfair location. A highlight of the social calendar, it brings together over eighty distinguished exhibitors across the worlds of fine art, antiques, design and the decorative arts, inviting collectors and enthusiasts to experience exceptional creativity and discover the most exciting trends and talents in art, craft and collectible design.
LAPADA 2025 marks an exciting debut for Gladwell & Patterson which holds the distinction of being London’s oldest gallery; its showcase features fine oil and watercolour paintings. Renowned collective of high jewellery houses Haute Jewels also make their debut this year, partnering with the fair to present a gamut of glittering pearls and stones amongst the art and antiques.
This showcase also marks new beginnings for the Association itself: LAPADA 2025 is new CEO Elizabeth Shanks’s first at the helm. Under her leadership comes a revitalisation of the awards programme with a new name, LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair 2025 Excellence Awards, which continues to honour outstanding works of arts and design, as well as remarkable stands.
This year, contemporary applied arts and collectible design gallery Made In Britaly won the coveted Best Stand Award for their creative use of the tree that rose through the marquee around their stand. The Outstanding Object Award went the Astor Turquoise and Diamond Tiara, a rare piece circa 1930, by Cartier which was presented by the Jewellery Trading Room.
Renowned sculptor and LAPADA staple Paul Vanstone also received the Honorary Award for Sculpture with his exceptional Rose torso, made from Iranian onyx.
Unmissable highlights from LAPADA 2025
1/8Winsor Birch
Fine-art gallery Winsor Birch specialises in 19th- and 20th-century British, Scottish and Irish painting and sculpture. Among the exquisite works on display was Sir Joshua Reynolds' The Yellow Boy, Lord George Seymour-Conway. The wonderful portrait which alludes to Van Dyck’s ‘The Three Eldest Children of Charles I’ was painted in 1770, during Reynolds' prime decade and depicts the son of the 1st Marquess of Hertford.
Winsor Birch won the Best Fine Art category in this year's LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair 2025 Excellence Awards for this very piece.
Courtesy of Lennox Cato Antiques2/8Lennox Cato Antiques
Lennox Cato Antiques which specialises in furniture (you may have seen Lennox Cato on the Antiques Roadshow as an expert) and unique pieces of art presented a striking 16th-century tapestry from the Dutch Lowlands with a panel depicting the Old Testament story of Susanna and the Elders surrounded by a pattern of grotesques.
Lennox Cato Antiques also won the Best Furniture category in this year's LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair 2025 Excellence Awards for an exceptional quality satinwood bookcase, circa 1785.
Richard Ivey3/8Paul Vanstone
Renowned sculptor Paul Vanstone is known for his stunning sculptures using natural stone such as marble and onyx which often depict the sensual curves of the body or the flow of cloth. This year his exhibition at LAPADA includes three torso sculptures including the Rose torso which was won the Honorary Award for Sculpture at this year's and this alabaster bust which brilliant demonstrates Vanstone's impressive skill in depicting the folding of fabric.
Butchoff Antiques4/8Butchoff Antiques
If you take a look upwards at the stand of London-based antiques shop Butchoff, your eyes will fall upon a large hall lantern, a statement piece to say the least. Created circa 1920, the four-sided lantern features a brass pagoda roof and intricately hand-painted glass depicting Japanese courtesans.
Courtesy Adam Ellis Studio5/8Adam Ellis Studios's Carnival Bloom
Before you even enter the fair, prepare to be charmed by LAPADA and Adam Ellis Studio's collaboration on the marquee for this year. Known for their distinctive prints and bespoke wallpapers, Adam Ellis Studio carried their characteristic love of pattern and colour into the design for Carnival Bloom. Beautiful images of giant flora, dazzling gems, and mysterious big cats are featured in the illustrations that cover the inside and outside of the fair creating an immersive installation.
Wakelin & Linfield6/8Wakelin & Linfield
Wakelin & Linfield antiques, based in Petworth, West Sussex showcase a range of antiques from periods between the 16th and 21st centuries including pieces such as this fine pair of Goncalo Alves salon chairs from Portugal. The Goncalo Alves wood with its unique natural dark streaks darkens with age and these chairs from circa 1840.
Courtesy of Gallery KIY7/8Gallery Kiy
West London-based Gallery KIY presents a variety of 20th century art and furniture, including a collection of small, elegant turned wooden pieces from the 1990s by late master woodturner Ray Key. At first glance, the vessels appear heavy, however in hand they are unexpectedly light, their delicateness a charming surprise.
Callum Jackson8/8Jackson Antique
London-based Jackson Antique has a fascinating focus on European and Japanese works of art. Their 2025 LAPADA presentation included a collection of stunning Japanese ceramics from the Meiji period including this cobalt-blue Satsuma vase by the celebrated Kinkozan family workshop which is adorned with finely painted wisteria, chrysanthemums and bamboo and gilt dragons.
The LAPADA Berkely Square Fair is at Berkeley Square, W1, October 28 - November 2; tickets £35.
