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The London Antique Rug and Textile Art Fair (LARTA) 2014
The Showroom in Penfold Street, London will once again host the fourth LARTA Fair, from Thursday 3 April - Sunday 6 April 2014.
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Lucy Upward
·2 min read·01 Apr 2014·
The Showroom at 63 Penfold Street, London NW8 will host the fourth LARTA Fair, from Thursday 3 April - Sunday 6 April 2014.
Beautiful antique rugs, carpets and textiles will be presented to collectors, decorators and an ever growing audience. Exhibits will come from many corners of the world including Anatolia, the Caucasus, Persia, Central Asia, India and China, as well as from Europe and Africa.
HALI will once again be at LARTA so come by our stand and pick up a free copy of our latest issue. Other exhibitors with a wide range of specialisms include James Cohen, Joss Graham, Andy Lloyd, Aaron Nejad, Ornamentum, Owen Parry, Seneh Carpets and Markus Voigt Textiles. Gallery Nomad and Galerie Arabesque will also be returning to the fair this year.
This year, for the first time, LARTA will be on view online as well as at the Showroom from Thursday 3 April at 6pm.
Aaron Nejad, Khamseh Rug, SW Persia, 19th century
Aaron Nejad, Uzbek Lakai Bag, Central Asia, late 19th century
Andy Lloyd, Bijar rug, northwest Persia, 19th century
Andy Lloyd, Coptic Orphrey (?), Egypt
Galerie Arabesque, Tunisian veil
Galerie Arabesque, detail of Italian green velvet, 15th century
Gallery Nomad, antique Baluch Prayer rug
Galerie Arabesque, silver painted red cotton Indian shawl
Gallery Nomad, antique North West Persian Qashqai
James Cohen, Afshar rug. South persia, c.1910
James Cohen, Middle Amu Darya 'Beshir' Turkmen rug, c.1875
James Cohen, Caucasian Long Rug, c.1880
James Cohen, Cretan Girl's Skirt (detail)
James Cohen, Early 19th century Romanian Kilim
James Cohen, Kuba Runner, c.1850
James Cohen, Baluch rug, c.1880
James Cohen, Uzbek suzani
Ornamentum, Antique Tehran rug ,North Persia, c. 1910
Ornamentum, one of apair of antique Tabriz rugs, Northwest Persia, c. 1940
