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The London Antique Rug and Textile Art Fair (LARTA) returns to Battersea Park 23-28 January 2018 taking place alongside The Decorative Antiques & Textile Fair

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Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
In late September 2017, the great and good of the Islamic art world gathered in Toronto for a programme of events to celebrate the opening of the exhibition ‘Arts of the East’ at the Aga Khan Museum, featuring loans from the Bruschettini Collection.
Malin Lonnberg · 3 min
In addition to a handful of excellent textiles, Christie’s autumn ' Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds ' at King Street on Thursday 26 October 2017 has a separate section at the end of the sale of oriental rugs and carpets that contains a good number of top quality, antique…

In Vienna, the 223 lots in Udo Langauer’s upcoming carpet sale, ‘Fine Antique Oriental Rugs VIII’ at Austria Auction Company’s Palais Breuner rooms on 14 October 2017, are divided into four main catalogue sections.