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Don't miss your chance to see From the Exotic to the Mystical: Woven Treasures from the Permanent Collection, at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, on show till 4 August 2013.

The First International Symposium at the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles - Weaving Royal Traditions Through Time: Textiles and Dress at the Thai Court and Beyond will take place 5-9 November 2013.
Lucy Upward · 2 min
To mark the 75th anniversary of the Cloisters in New York and 75 years of the Unicorn Tapestries being a focal point of that collection, the Cloisters is currently holding an exhibition 'Search for the Unicorn, An Exhibition in Honor of The Cloisters' 75th Anniversary'
Lucy Upward · 1 min
Netherhampton Salerooms' auction of Carpets, Rugs and Textiles in Salisbury, England on 10 July 2012 includes the the second part of a European private collection of kilims, mainly Anatolian.

Sotheby’s New York sale of Important 20th Century Design totaled a strong $4,738,940, almost reaching its pre-sale high estimate of $5 million.

The world record setting Clark sickle leaf Kerman carpet, the massive Lafoes Esfahan, and the extraordinarily rare and beautiful Cairene round carpet, have hogged the headlines, but there were also another 22 lots sold for astonishing prices in Sotheby's 100% successful sale…