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'Colour and Space', an exhibition of carpets and textiles, will be on show at the private gallery of HALI Contributing Editor Thomas Cole until 11 December 2015.

Subtitled ‘Treasures of Wool and Silk’, the November sale includes 209 lots of overall very high quality drawn from across the chronological and geographic spectrum of carpet weaving in the Eurasian rug belt.
Malin Lonnberg · 1 min
‘Carpets and Textiles from Distinguished Collections’ at Sotheby’s in New York on 1 October 2015 is a compact sale – just 194 lots – full of old friends of good quality and provenance.
Malin Lonnberg · 5 minLAPADA Art & Antiques Fair is currently taking place in Berkeley Square, London. Executive Editor Daniel Shaffer selects some textile highlights

This year’s busy autumn Islamic week sales in London are set to begin on 6 October. HALI reviews the textile offerings from the three main auction houses

The London autumn Islamic sales are drawing near. In terms of rugs and carpets, this year Christie’s is the main player.