California Country Antiques & Folk Art Show with Special Black Cloth Doll Exhibit March 21, 2009

California Country Antique Country & Folk Art Show will be holding the fourth annual southern California antique show on Sat-Sun, March 21-22, 2009, in Building 14 at the Orange County Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, CA. Over fifty nationally recognized dealers will be selling high quality, yet affordable, country and folk art antiques in room settings. In addition, the Hatch Collection of Black Cloth Dolls will be on exhibit at this event.

The antique dealers at this show will be selling country and folk art antiques from the 17th-19th centuries including: country to formal furniture, folk art, quilts, hooked rugs, samplers, lighting, woodenware, baskets, stoneware, architectural and garden elements, camp and cottage, toys, items in old original paint and more.

Show management is especially pleased to have available for viewing only (not-for-sale) the Hatch Collection of Black Cloth Dolls in an exhibit titled No Longer Hidden: An Exhibit of Black Cloth Dolls 1870-1930. This exhibit first appeared at the Harvard Massachusetts Historical Society in the spring of 2007. This is the first time the exhibit will be available for viewing outside of New England. On display will be over 50 black cloth dolls loving collected by well-regarded Massachusetts antique dealer and collector, Pat Hatch. The black cloth dolls are examples of great folk art done by American women with form, color and attitude. As the curator, Roben Campbell extensively researched and documented the collection in the exhibit catalog which will be available for reference and sale at the show.

Show Specifics:
California Country Antique Country & Folk Art Show
Saturday, March 21, 2009, from 10am – 6pm; Admission on Sat: $9 ($6 after 2pm)
Sunday, March 22, 2009, from 11am – 4pm; Admission on Sun: $6 ($3 after 2pm)
Location: Building 14, OC Fair & Event Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA
Parking: Lot I, enter through Gate 8 off Arlington Dr near intersection of Junipero Dr in Costa Mesa
Special Exhibit: No Longer Hidden: An Exhibit of Black Cloth Dolls 1870-1930
Live Music on Saturday from 10am – 2pm by Sy Grossman’s Pacific Chamber Jazz
Catering by the California Grill

Promoter: Tom Baker