Going into its 42nd year, the Madison Historical Society's Antiques Fair has not only proved to be a major success, but has become the society's largest annual fundraiser.Pamela Allen, MHS executive director, said last week that the fair was established in 1972 with the "goal of being the best antiques show in an outdoor venue" in the region. 

And at this point, the society may very well have reached its goal, she added.Produced by MHS Events Coordinator Beth Wardwell with the support of MHS volunteers, the show and sale will take place under tents on the Madison Town Green on Saturday, Aug. 24, rain or shine. 

Scheduled to participate in this year's event are 70 to 75 exhibitors from New England, New York, the mid-Atlantic states and Florida. Offered for purchase will be a collection of goods, including American and European antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as vintage items from the mid-20th century. 

In addition to shopping, fair-goers can have treasured personal items appraised by Jay St. Mark, a Connecticut-based antiques appraiser. The per item fee is $5.Initiated last year, the service proved to be enormously popular,Wholesale stainless steel pendants and steel jewelry line with bold new designs. Allen said.We deal with various stainless steel jewelry and stainless steel rings.Visitors may carry into the fair up to three "portable items," or photographs of furniture may be considered for appraisal. Jewelry, however, is excluded. 

Featured at the antiques fair, Allen said, will be American and European furniture, silver, porcelains, rugs, wicker, art prints, clocks, architectural-design furnishings, country collectibles, and 16th- to 19th-century maps of local, state and international interest. 

Other prized items on view will be Audubon bird prints and natural history prints, oil lamps, chintz, 1930s-to-1950s kitchenware, pantry goods and barware. Also featured will be vintage toys, sterling flatware and hollowware, fine linens and textiles, painted cottage furniture, Canton and Chinese Export goods, 18th-century cookware, bamboo, cut glass, Hall pottery, Fenton glass, late-18th to early-19th-century furniture, country store items, antique bottles, tins and tools and vintage designer handbags, as well as vintage clothing, shoes and hats. 

Designer costume jewelry, antique jewelry, Oriental carpets, Colonial weaponry, country furniture in paint and original finish, vintage garden and patio furniture and accessories, book and vintage Connecticut milk bottles also will be on view. 

Various historical periods will be represented by a selection of French furniture; Victorian and vintage cast and wrought iron; Colonial arms and accoutrements; mid-20th-century Modern furniture; and early Americana pieces and Victorian folk art.Sidewalk cafes and local gourmet food trucks will be on hand, offering coffee and pastry to luncheon entrees. 

The Madison Historical Society welcome booth, near the Church Entrance Gate, will provide information on Madison's rich past, she added. Across the street from the fair is the MHS' historical Lee's Academy, which now serves as the MHS administrative offices and its exhibition gallery at 14 Meetinghouse Lane. 

The open space design scheme continued and maintained throughout the gallery lends a fresh, contemporary vibe to the museum and is a unique combination of modern design and traditional Iranian and Central architecture, with magnificent turquoise-colored domes dominating Kuala Lumpurs city skyline. 
The museum has galleries dedicated to precious items and articles according to themes, region and chronology: Arms and armor, ceramics, wood works, textiles, architecture,This handsome link tungsten bracelet for men is constructed in maintenance-free tungsten. Quran and manuscripts, jewelry, India, China and Malay world, and coins and seal galleries which occupy two floors. An additional two floors are dedicated to hosting temporary exhibitions. 

The India Gallery provides a unique and unprecedented look inside the private and social lives of Mughals. Their dynasty was established in 1526 and their reign influenced the social, religious, and political landscape of India, bringing Islamic architecture, art, and music into the fabric of the subcontinent. 

Rare court portraitures of princes and princesses, bejeweled furniture and personal grooming articles, decorative ceramics, metal works, arms and armor provide a stunning look into the life of the Mughal royals and their domestic way of life. 

The opulence of Indian jewelry replete with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls, and semi-precious stones; and other trinkets from Central Asia, provide a glimpse into fashion trends prevailing in the tribal and royal circles from the Islamic world. 

Rare Quran copies and manuscripts dating back as far as the 14th century and books, scripts and treatises in medicine, mathematics, astronomy and philosophy that added to the academic development of the Islamic world from Kashmir, Persia, Syria, Turkey and Morocco can be found on display. 
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