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The collector's carpet sale at Rippon Boswell in Wiesbaden on 3 December 2016 performed well with many pieces finding buyers at reasonable prices.

A selection of oriental carpets, textiles and tapestries, antique and contemporary, as well as tribal art, seen on exhibitors' stands at this year's Olympia Fair.
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
Austrian Auction Company's first auction of antique rugs in 2016 is now available online.
Ben Evans · 1 min
' An Exemplary Decorative Antique and Vintage Carpet Collection by Nazmiyal ' on 4 April 2016 was the first carpet auction of any substance at Bonhams in New York in our memory. The selection was broad, with pile and flatwoven carpets both Oriental and European in origin and…

LARTA, the London specialist event for period rugs, carpets, tapestries and textiles, returns for the fifth year to The Showroom in Penfold Street.
'Nomad Rug Art in Small Sizes' opens at Schloss Laxenburg on 9 April 2016.