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A major exhibition, ‘Sérénissime Trame: Carpets from the Zaleski Collection and Renaissance Paintings’, opens on Thursday 23 March 2017 at the Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca’ d’Oro in Venice.

The third and final auction by Rippon Boswell of antique Central Asian suzani embroideries, Anatolian kilims, and Persian/Caucasian flatweaves from the incomparable Ignazio Vok Collection is to be held at Rippon Boswell’s Friedrichstrasse salesroom on Saturday 25 March 2017.
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
Peter Pap will present highly collectible weavings from four well-known and important US private collections at two venues in San Francisco in February.
Ben Evans · 1 minHALI picks highlights from Henry's including a Lotto rug and a Swedish textile.