The Oriental Rug Centre at Staples Corner London is now fully open on Saturdays, with no need to make an appointment, (although its advised). At David J.Wilkins Oriental rug experts we can show you a huge selection of Oriental rugs from 3ft x 2ft to over 25ft x 16ft. We pride our self's with offering rugs at affordable prices to suit most budgets, from all over the rug weaving world, including Persia (Iran), Afghanistan, Indian, Morrocco and Pakistan. We can arrange for your selected rugs and carpets to been seen in your home before committing to buy. If you would like to visit the Oriental Rug Centre, please call or email David J.Wilkins Oriental Rug Experts Tel: 0207 722 7608, Email: rugexpert@btinternet.com.

London's British Museum with host the Krishna in the Garden of Assam exhibition, from 21st January to 15th August 2016. Here you can discover a little-known chapter of Indian history through the largest surviving example of an Assamese devotional textile, the Vrindavani Vastra. The Vrindavani Vastra (literally 'the cloth of Vrindavan') was produced in Assam in north-eastern India sometime in the late 17th century. It is made of woven silk and figured with scenes from the life of the Hindu god Krishna during the time he lived in the forest of Vrindavan. It was made to be used in the Krishna cult which developed following the ministry of the Assamese saint Shankaradeva (d.1568). At over 9 metres long, this Assamese textile is the largest of its type to survive. It is made up of 12 strips, all now sewn together. The Krishna scenes on the textile are from the 10th century text the Bhagavata Purana, and are elaborated in the dramas of Shankaradeva. A verse from one of these is also woven into the textile, using immensely sophisticated weaving technology, now extinct in India.

The Surface Design Show London, starts today 9th -11th February 2016. This show is a must for designers and architects as well as members of the public looking for inspiration. Some of London's rug dealers will be exhibiting, although in small numbers, At David J.Wilkins Oriental rug experts, new shipments are arriving from all over the rug producing world and business is increasing, particularly with the new Saturday opening at the Staples Corner warehouse. www.orientalrugexperts.com

A fine Persian Kerman carpet from the late 17th century, will be included in Christie's next major London carpet sale on 19th April 2016. One of three Persian Safavid carpets, they have an intriguing provenance with in the British branch of the Rothschild banking dynasty. Estimated at £1,000,000-£1,500,000, they are beyond most of us, but beautiful Persian rugs and carpets can be purchased for just a few hundred pounds for London's importing warehouses, helped by an experienced Oriental rug dealer like David J.Wilkins, who can guide you around the huge stock of Persian and other Oriental rugs and carpets that London has to offer. www.orientalrugexperts.com

Two striking Tibetan rugs are amongst the 120 objects that feature in 'Tibet's Secret Temple: Body, Mind and Meditation in Tantric Buddhism' on show at the Wellcome Collection, London to 28th February 2016.The mysteries of Tantric Buddhism and the rich history of its yogic and meditation practices are the focus of the exhibition, which takes its inspiration from a series of murals that adorn the walls of the 17th century Lukhang Temple in Lhasa-once used exclusively by Dalai Lamas. www.orientalrugexperts.com  

With the festivities well behind us the New Year push to start those all-important interior design projects is foremost on our minds. London's interior design shows start in January with Top Drawer 17th-19th January 2016 at London's Olympia, and many others including The Ideal Home show 18th March-3rd April 2016 also at London's Olympia. Probably the very first thing you should purchase for your new interior design project is the Oriental rug or carpet, this is often the centre piece of the room and pulls all the colours together. But because handmade Oriental rugs are limited in there colour palette due to natural dyes, it is important to fit the sofa and curtain fabrics to the rug or carpet, not the other way around. David J.Wilkins are renowned experts in this field and have been helping there clients for over 35 years, guiding them through the maze of handmade rugs and carpets form Persia, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and many other rug weaving countries. So give David or Alex a call to arrange an appointment to view the huge selection of handmade Oriental rugs and carpets at London's wholesale Oriental rug warehouses. www.orientalrugexperts.com  

With all the festivities be hide us its now time get on. London's Oriental rug warehouses are already taking delivery of new stock from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. At David J.Wilkins Oriental Rugs we are excited by the coming year, particularly the Saturday opening of the Oriental Rug Centre at Staples Corner London, which will be a first, as London's wholesale warehouses are not usually open over the weekend. We expect Saturday's to be popular as many people are just to busy to shop during the week. We will always be able to show you a huge selection of Oriental rugs and carpets from all the rug weaving country's at significantly below retail prices, with the added reassurance that their will be an expert by your side to ensure the rug or carpet you chose will be of the highest grade possible for your budget. call us on 0207 722 7608 or rugexpert@btinternet.com www.orientalrugexperts.com

There is still time for that last minute Christmas present. call David J.Wilkins on 0207 722 7608 or www.orientalrugexperts.com

Now in its sixth year the London Antique Rug and Textile Fair will once again take place at The Showroom, Penfold Street, London, NW8, from 14th-17th April 2016. If however you can't wait that long to see a fine selection of Antique rugs and carpets, then make an appointment to view the collection in London's Oriental rug warehouses. David J. Wilkins Oriental Rug Experts can guide you through the Aladdin's cave of Handmade Antique Oriental rugs and carpets from most areas of the Rug weaving world. www.orientalrugexperts.com

Consul Otto Bernheimer's famous Italian Renaissance-style armchair, which is upholstered with parts of a 16th century small pattern Holbein carpet, sold on November 24th 2015 at Sotheby's London for £100,000. These western Anatolian carpets are known as Holbein carpets due to their appearance in many of the painting by Hans Holbein the Younger, who was the King's painter to King Henry VIII from 1535.