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Baku Symposia, 2017
It is all happening in Baku this year. In addition to the 5th International Symposium on Azerbaijan Carpets: Traditions and Innovations (17-29 October), from 22-24 May the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum will host the 2nd International Symposium of The Common Language of the Turkic…
A Textile Affair | Textiles As Art: Paul Reeves Collection | Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 23 February
On Thursday 23 February, Lyon and Turnbull in Edinburgh are offering an interesting and often amusing selection of ‘Textiles as Art’ from the Paul Reeves Collection. Estimates range from the low hundreds of pounds to more than £20,000. Reeves, who began collecting British…
Daniel Shaffer · 4 min
From the Lands of Asia
An unusual exhibition opens in Canada at the Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History in November 2016.
Daniel Shaffer · 3 min
Christie's London, Rugs and Carpets, October/November 2016
The autumn sees rugs and carpets of note included in three different Christie's London sales.
Sotheby’s, Rugs & Carpets, London, 1 November 2016
Sotheby’s dedicated autumn sale of 155 carpet lots , the second since the auctioneer's return to specialist rug sales in the Bond Street rooms, is strong on Chinese and East Turkestan pieces and also includes a small Ushak Lotto, a 17th-century Esfahan, a Type-C Star Kazak, a…
