London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair (LARTA) 14-17 April 2016
LARTA, the London specialist event for period rugs, carpets, tapestries and textiles, returns for the fifth year to The Showroom in Penfold Street.
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Asia Week, New York, 10-19 March: Textile Art at Gail Martin Gallery
A special (by appointment) exhibition at Gail Martin Gallery during Asia Week New York, 10-19 March 2016, will focus on Asian and Central Asian textiles along with the work of contemporary textile artist Polly Barton.
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SF Tribal & Textile Art Show at 30
The San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show celebrates its 30th Anniversary at the Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, from 18-21 February 2016.
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Ben Fernandes RIP
It is with great sadness that HALI has learned that the Far East’s most important and enthusiastic collector of antique tribal and village rugs, Ben Fernandes, died in Singapore on 25 January 2016 at the age of 82, following a long illness. Ben’s Mountain Looms private exhibition gallery became a must-visit location for rug-aware visitors… Read more »
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Austria Auction Company, Vienna, 28 November 2015
Subtitled ‘Treasures of Wool and Silk’, the November sale includes 209 lots of overall very high quality drawn from across the chronological and geographic spectrum of carpet weaving in the Eurasian rug belt.
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Textiles in London: Islamic Week Auction Preview
This year’s busy autumn Islamic week sales in London are set to begin on 6 October. HALI reviews the textile offerings from the three main auction houses
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Many Happy Returns
‘Carpets and Textiles from Distinguished Collections’ at Sotheby’s in New York on 1 October 2015 is a compact sale – just 194 lots – full of old friends of good quality and provenance.
