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In the world of antique rugs and textile art, the events of the past week in San Francisco may have heralded the dawn of a new reality, and not an unpleasant or perilous one at all. With the slow registration of dealers in attendance at ARTS, there were fears for the future…

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
Click here for a selection of images from the exhibition.
Malin Lonnberg · 1 min
ARTS at the Capri — from the HALI archive.

The rugs and textiles speak for themselves at ARTS , the annual multi-dealer show at the Capri Motel in San Francisco’s Marina District (the show ends today, Sunday 19th October). Each year more than 40 American and international dealers travel here in order to rent rooms at…

ARTS in detail — from the HALI archive.