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The Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art reopens at the V&A on Wednesday 4th November 2015 following refurbishment and a renewal of sponsorship.

'Colour and Space', an exhibition of carpets and textiles, will be on show at the private gallery of HALI Contributing Editor Thomas Cole until 11 December 2015.
Rachel Meek · 1 min
Subtitled ‘Treasures of Wool and Silk’, the November sale includes 209 lots of overall very high quality drawn from across the chronological and geographic spectrum of carpet weaving in the Eurasian rug belt.
Malin Lonnberg · 1 min
‘Rugs and Carpets from Distinguished Collections’ at Sotheby’s in London on 3 November 2015 marks a return to the auctioneer’s New Bond Street rooms for sales dedicated to oriental rugs, carpets and associated textiles.

Sculptural, painterly and vintage textiles as seen in Berkeley Square at PAD London, 14 - 18 October 2015.

A selling exhibition of Asian textiles continues at Francesca Galloway, Dover Street, London until 30 November 2015.