Issue 228 · Summer 2026Kazakh embroidered suede robes, Two 16th-century weavings linked by powerful art dealers, An inscribed Caucasian dowry rug and its matrimonial symbolism

News

Antique Rugs at LARTA 2015

The London Antique Rug and Textile Art Fair returns to The Showroom on Penfold Street for the fifth year 16 – 19 April 2015.

Rachel Meek

Assistant editor

·1 min read·20 Mar 2015·

James Cohen, Skyros Embroidery (detail), Greece

The London Antique Rug and Textile Art Fair returns to The Showroom on Penfold Street for the fifth year 16 – 19 April 2015.

Its continuing admirable objective is ‘to present rare and beautiful antique rugs, carpets and textiles to discerning collectors, decorators and a wider general audience interested in the woven arts and design.’

New exhibitors Kennedy Carpets from London and Hagop Manoyan from New York will join regular exhibitors, including James Cohen, Joss Graham, Andy Lloyd, Aaron Nejad and Owen Parry. HALI will be in attendance, as will Hamburg based specialist publication, Carpet Collector.

If you are unable to be in central London this April, all is not lost! There is still an opportunity to view highlights from the Fair via ‘LARTA online’. When the doors open on 16 April, high resolution images of the best items from every dealer will go on virtual display.

Hagop Manoyan, Bordjalou Kazak rug, South West Caucasus, circa 1880, 6'.11"x 5'.3" (2.11x1.6 m)

Kennedy Carpets, Konya-Nigde kilim, Anatolia, mid 19th century

⁂

About the author

Rachel Meek

Assistant editor

All articles by this author →

Related reading

View all →

News

News & Events

A weekly round-up of what is happening in the world of carpets and textiles through the lens of hali.com

HALI magazine·2 min

News

The global luxury of the Kashmir Shawl

A Museum of Fine Arts Houston exhibition, ‘From Persia to Paisley: Global Luxury of the Kashmir Shawl’, reveals how Kashmir shawls have influenced global fashion, stimulated industrial innovation and shaped the tastes of collectors from the 16th–19th centuries.

HALI magazine·4 min

News

What a Paris exhibition reveals about animal imagery in the Al Thani Collection

A Paris exhibition, ‘Animalia: Bestiary from the Al Thani Collection’ (1 July 2026–10 January 2027), explores depictions of the animal kingdom in one of the world's most significant private art collections

HALI magazine·5 min

The Weekly Dispatch

An editorial letter, each Thursday.

Long-form reading recommendations, auction previews, and reports from museum floors — from the HALI editorial desk.