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Austria Auction Company will be holding there collector rugs sale on the 2nd November 2019 in Vienna. The sale will comprise of 231 lots mainly tribal, old and antique oriental rugs, carpet, runners and trappings, as well as flat weaves … Continue reading →

Skinner Auction House in Boston will be holding there Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets sale on Sunday 27th October 2019. The sale includes a number of rare and beautiful oriental rugs, carpets and textiles from several important collections. Over thirty … Continue reading →

The ancient Persian city of Sultanabad, (now known as Arak) has been synonymous with fine Persian carpet weaving since the mid 19th century, and soon became Iran’s most important centre of carpet production up until at least 1940. Antique Sultanabad … Continue reading →

Christie’s auction house London, will be holding there Art of the Islamic World’s sale on Thursday 24th October 2019. This  carefully curated sale includes a selection of Islamic and Indian manuscripts, objects and textiles alongside an array of oriental rugs … Continue reading →

This year, the annual May Beattie Lecture, will be held at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford on 30th October 2019. The lecture will be given by Stefano Ionescu on the topic, Anatolian rugs in Transylvanian Churches; … Continue reading →

On Tuesday 1st October 2019, Dogny Auction’s of Lausanne will be holding there autumn sale to include a consignment of Oriental rugs and carpet. Consisting of 699 lots including both antique and contemporary pieces, the stand out lot is a … Continue reading →

The Austria Auction Company will be holding there Antique Oriental Rug, Carpet & Textile sale, on Saturday September 28th 2019. The sale will take place at the Palais Breuner rooms in Vienna, and will include oriental rugs and Persian carpets … Continue reading →

Nagel Auktionen of Stuttgart, will be holding there annual autumn sale of Rugs & Carpets, Textiles & Islamic Art on Tuesday 17th September 2019. The sale will comprise of top quality pieces mostly consigned from private collections. An excellent selection … Continue reading →

On the 15th September 2019, Nazmiyal Auctions will be holding there inaugural sale of fine oriental rugs and carpets, made up of pieces from the Nazmiyal collection and other private owners. Some of the rugs and carpets will have a … Continue reading →

The rug show New York will take place at the Javits Centre in New York City, on September 7th-10th 2019. The show is North America’s premier contemporary rug and carpet show. Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers of Fine Art, will be holding … Continue reading →