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The European rug auction scene, after its long summer break, gets back in the swing of things.

Photos from Cheri Hunter's tour of Iran, February 2015. A 12 day HALI Tour to Iran will take place in October 2016
Rachel Meek · 1 min
Auktionshaus Homm will hold an auction of rugs and carpets in Oberursel, Germany, on 27 June 2015, 6pm local time. Featured is a good selection of Persian town carpets at inviting estimates. The star piece of the sale is lot 502 (below), a silk Heriz rug from the mid…
Malin Lonnberg · 1 min
Results from Christie's and Bonham's from day one of Islamic Art Week London, 21 April 2015

'Unraveling Identity' at the new Textile Museum in Washington DC

The star piece of the upcoming Rugs & Carpets, Ethnographic Art sale at Nagel in Stuttgart on 24 March is lot 25, a Tekke animal tree asmalyk. From the collection of former Stuttgart district Court councillor Burkhardt, it is a new discovery, becoming one of only 14 known…