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‘A Life in Colour’ at Naziri, Hamburg
Lila Valadan and Weddad Naziri have announced their first exhibition of Persian nomad rugs, ‘A Life in Colour’. From Friday 31st October 2014 at M. Naziri OHG’s newly redecorated warehouse in the Hamburg free port (Brooktorkai 15) they will be showing 64 selected pieces from…
Dragons Galore at Sotheby's New York
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.
Rachel Meek · 1 min
The London autumn 2014 carpet and textile sales
There was a distinctly autumnal feel about the recent London sales season, at least as far as antique rugs and textiles were concerned. Although the main action, at Christie’s King Street on Tuesday 7th October 2014 , yielded £1,513,375 ($2,435,020), representing 59% sold by…
Daniel Shaffer · 5 min
'Front/Back' – Alberto Levi online exhibition
The Alberto Levi Gallery in Milan are currently showing Front/Back, an online exhibition of small tribal Persian weavings.
Carpets, Textiles and Tapestries auction at Dorotheum Vienna
Dorotheum Vienna presents Oriental Carpets, Textiles and Tapestries on Tuesday 16 September 2014, with viewing from 11-16 September.
