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Sartirana: Antique carpets and textiles in Italy
The 9th edition of the Sartirana Textile Show closes on Sunday 22 September 2013. The location of the event, about an hour outside Milan, means that the show is quieter than it deserves to be since the quality of the presentation, material and dealers is of the highest order.…
Deadline Vienna – Austria Auction Company’s opening sale
Udo Langauer’s Austria Auction Company’s inaugural sale at the Novomatic Forum in Friedrichstraße on September 21, 2013 has a number of worthy collector carpets among the 200 plus lots on offer.
Lucy Upward · 2 min
Koller Zürich Autumn carpet auction, 19 September 2013
Among the 120 diverse lots in Koller's carpet sale in Zurich on 19 September 2013 are a number of attractive and interesting tribal and village rugs, not all in prime condition, but generally at enticingly low estimates, as well as a dramatic Uzbek suzani.
Lucy Upward · 2 min
Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800 at The Met, New York
'Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800,' at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, to 5 January 2014, is a staggering story of hidden treasures covering more than three centuries of art from all corners of the world.
Webb's New Zealand: Art of Africa, Oceania (and the Americas), 14 September 2013
Webb's auction house, Auckland, are to sell a diverse range of tribal and oceanic art, taking place Saturday 14 September, 2013 including an array of items from the cultures of Africa, Australia and the Americas.
