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On Sacred Ground
‘Suolo sacro. Tappeti in pittura (XV – XIX secolo)’ is a spring exhibition to be held at Gallery Moshe Tabibnia’s Via Brera premises in Milan from 6 April–2 July 2016. The exhibition will feature 25 rare antique (15th-19th century) oriental carpets from Tabibnia’s…
Kashmir shawls and other antique textiles from the Nemati Collection. Drouot Paris, 11 April 2016
On 11 April 2016 at Drouot in Paris, Gros & Delettrez will offer a large and varied selection of 239 lots of Kashmir shawls and other Indian, Persian, Turkish, North African and European textiles from The Nemati Collection, New York. Among the 239 lots featured will be a…
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
BADA Fair, London
The annual British Antique Dealers Association Fair is open until 15 March at Duke of York Square on London's King’s Road. “The BADA Fair represents our aspirational community for fine art, design and antiques, providing an outstanding opportunity for collectors to meet and…
Rachel Meek · 2 min
Ballard Rugs Exhibit in St Louis, March–May 2016
‘The Carpet and the Connoisseur: The James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs’ is on display at the Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis, USA, from 6 March – 8 May 2016.
Alice de Rothschild’s Vase Carpet Trio at Christie's
For Christie’s next major London carpet sale at King Street on 19 April 2016, head of department Louise Broadhurst has secured the consignment by ‘A Nobleman’ of three previously unknown and unpublished Safavid ‘vase-technique’ carpets.
