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Battersea Decorative Antiques Fair Album, January 2014
The Battersea Winter Decorative Antiques Fair is pleasant and relatively low-pressure event, aimed primarily at the mid-level local (UK) antique and semi-antique decorative furnishings market.
Peter Pap at the New York Winter Antiques Show
Views of Peter Pap's stand at the New York Winter Antique Show, featuring an 18th century Andean Colonial tapestry, similar to the one featured in Auction Price Guide HALI 178.
Lucy Upward · 1 min
MAK, Vienna to reopen permanent carpet gallery in April 2014
Classical Egyptian, Persian, Turkish and Indian carpets are highlights of the new presentation of one of the world’s best-known and most valuable collections; soon to be housed in a purpose built ‘spatial concept’ designed by Michael Embacher.
Rachel Meek · 4 min
‘Lady and the Unicorn’ Tapestries Return to France
After an absence for restoration of almost two years, 'The Lady and the Unicorn' tapestries have gone back on view at the Musée National du Moyen Age, Cluny, Paris.
The Gail Martin Gallery presents ‘Continuing Traditions’
In signature style, ancient, antique & ethnographic textile art will be juxtaposed with works by contemporary fibre artists Polly Barton and James Bassler.
