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In New York tomorrow, 22 October, Sotheby’s sale of ‘Important English and European [sic] Decorative Arts', the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are ‘deacquisitioning’ four late classical oriental carpet fragments – two Caucasian and two Chinese.

PAD London, 15 - 19 October 2014 in Berkeley Square successfully combines modern art, design and decorative arts, with many interesting carpets, textiles and works of tribal art on view.
Rachel Meek · 1 min
Jose Luis Herrero, owner of Spanish textile gallery, Estudio H is holding an exhibition of ’13 Textiles for The Contemporary Home’ at Galeria espacioBRUT , Madrid, 18 October – 12 November 2014. Herrero’s great passion for tribal textile art has driven him to present objects…
Rachel Meek · 1 min
Gail Martin has relocated her textile art showroom to her spacious apartment just four blocks away from the previous Gail Martin Gallery location on Riverside Drive, New York.

The first sale at the Hazara Gallery Auction Co. takes place at 11 am on 18 October 2014, here we present a selection of highlights.

The Alberto Levi Gallery in Milan are currently showing Front/Back, an online exhibition of small tribal Persian weavings.