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In signature style, ancient, antique & ethnographic textile art will be juxtaposed with works by contemporary fibre artists Polly Barton and James Bassler.

We are pleased to be able to offer ten HALI readers a complimentary pair of tickets, worth €50 each, to attend the fair and any of the fascinating lectures.
Rachel Meek · 1 min
The London Winter Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair returns to the tent in Battersea Park from 21 to 26 January 2014.
Rachel Meek · 1 min
Ending on 17 January 2014, the Motamedi family’s latest exhibition, ‘The Golden Knot’, is taking place within one of the giant neo-gothic warehouses that line the canals of Hamburg’s Port City.

'Weaving Royal Traditions Through Time', the first international symposium to take place at the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles (QSMT) in Bangkok, Thailand took place from 5 - 9 November 2013. The event offered special opportunities to see behind the scenes at the new museum…

To coincide with New York’s Asia Week, Peter Pap will showcase around 75 carefully selected antique oriental rugs, at a venue still to be announced (watch this space) from 20-30 March 2014