Material Culture's auction of Fine Decorative and Collectible Antique Oriental Rugs and Carpets, will be held in Philadelphia on Monday 24th February 2020. a selection of 235 lots of Persian, Turkish, Caucasian, Chinese and Indian rugs and carpets, along with Kilims and trappings. Highlights among the many decorative room size carpets include a very beautiful palace size Persian Feraghan Sarouk carpet circa 1890, estimated at $30,000-$40,000. A particularly nice silk Persian Heriz rug, estimated at $15,000-$20,000, and lot 95 an outstandingly fine Shirinian silk rug estimated at $15,000-$20,000. Also a 19th century Caucasian Eagle Kazak rug bearing an Armenian inscription and a date of 1857, estimated at $5,000-$7,000.

The second lecture in the Oriental rug and textile society (ORTS) Spring program takes place at The University Woman's Club, 2 Audley Square, Mayfair, London on Wednesday 19th February 2020 at 7:00 pm. Contributing Editor to Hali magazine, Markus Voigt will present on the topic of Carpets from the Tarim Basin and Tibet. At a casual glance Tibetan rugs and carpets might be mistaken for those from Xinjiang (Eastern Turkestan). This talk will examine how two neighbouring but very disparate cultures came to have commercial crossover.

One of the first major oriental rug and carpet sales of 2020 is being held by the Austrian Auction Company, arguably the world's most prolific oriental rug and carpet auctioneers. The Collectors Rug & Carpet-No reserve III auction takes place on 25th January at the firm's Vienna rooms. The sale has 278 lots with a diverse selection of antique oriental rugs and Persian carpets. There is a special focus on Turkmen and Persian tribal rugs, and a good selection of Anatolian kilims, all areas that were successful in the last auction. Three rugs that standout from the crowd for their quality and rarity, are lot 30 a Marasali prayer rug, lot 45 a Kagizman rug and lot 163 a Yomut carpet. The Marasali prayer rug (est: 2,000-3,000 Euros) is unusal for its yellow ground which carries a nicely spaced lattice. The Kagizman rug (est: 2,500-3,500 Euros) is a member of a distinct and refined group of weaving's from the far east of Anatolia that have the deep rust red and deep blue/green associated with the Kars district. The Yomut carpet (est: 3,000-4,000 Euros) is in very good condition and is a particularly fine example of its kind.

The London antique rug & textile art fair (LARTA), will be a celebration of colour and design in antique rugs, carpets and textiles from 21-26 January 2020. Join the many exhibitors showing there collections at Battersea Park London. The Oriental Rug and Textile Society (ORTS), had decided to move their meetings across Mayfair from Piccadilly to the University Woman's Club in South Audley Square, just behind the Dorchester Hotel. From January 2020 at 7:00pm, ORTS will be pleased to welcome members and guests to their new venue for winter lecture series.

Domotex 2020 the international flooring trade show will open in Hannover Germany from 10-13 January. As with previous years Domotex attracts a large number of handmade rug and carpet producers and dealers, and this year halls 2,3,4 & 9 have been selected to house the handmade Persian and Oriental rugs and carpets exhibitors. Taking into account all of the exhibitors at Domotex, there are 1400 Exhibitions from 60 nations, so there should be plenty of new products to consider.  

Henry's Auction House will be holding there collectors rugs and carpets auction at there saleroom in Mutterstadt, on 14th December 2019. The sale will comprise of 380 lots with oriental rugs and carpets from Persia, Anatolia, the Caucasus, China, Tibet and Turkmenistan. The sale includes a high quality selection of Caucasian rugs from an important private collection, as well as fine Tibetan and Chinese rugs and carpets from the collection of Dr Koos de Jong, including three inscribed silk and metal thread imperial Chinese rugs from the Forbidden City (one of them made for the Emperor Daoguang), a 17th century Transylvanian prayer rug, and a small selection of early Turkmen carpets. Also a selection of fine and decorative Persian tribal and town rugs and carpets.

Sotheby's auction house London will be holding there, Rugs and Carpets of a Connoisseur sale on Wednesday 27th November 2019. The sale includes a wide selection of rugs and carpets from a private collector, one of the most interesting lots is a Caucasian Animal combat carpet, other highlights is a rare Turkmen Eagle Gul group 1 carpet, a Caucasian Chelaberd medallion rug, a Bailey Tekke Animal tree rug, a rare Karadashli carpet, and from Turkey an unusually large Lotto arabesque carpet. Bruun Rasmussen auctions will be holding a sale on the 27th November 2019, including a collection of oriental rugs and carpets from Persia, Turkey, the Caucasus, India, China and Europe. highlights include two antique Caucasian rugs, a 17th century Flemish tapestry, several fine Seirafian Isfahan rugs, and a number of antique Persian Heriz carpets, a large Turkish silk Hereke carpet, a French Aubusson carpet, and a rare Tekke Khalyk.

Dreweatts auction house are holding a sale on Thursday 21st November 2019, which includes a collection of rugs, carpets and fragments from the late Simon Crosby. The Crosby collection was formed in the very early 1970's and consists almost entirely of Turkmen (Turkoman) rugs and carpets. The collection includes all of the main tribal groups within the Turkmen nation, but is particularly rich in rugs and carpets from the Ersari tribal group.

The Austria Auction Company will be holding there sale of high quality rugs, carpets and textiles on Saturday 16th November 2019. The sale comprises of the collection of Fritz and Hermi Schedlmayer, and pieces rang from the 16th century through to the early 19th century, and include very fine examples from Turkey, North Africa, Iran (Persia) and the Caucasus. The stand out pieces from the sale are Thirteen masterpieces from the wider Ottoman domain. Two Algerian silk embroideries show the influence of the Ottoman floral style, and one that is perfectly articulated in an exceptional 17th century Ottoman silk embroidered quilt cover. The prayer rugs of Anatolia have long been the focus of European artists and collectors, and the collection has five rugs of this type. There are also two classical carpets from the 16th century, a Lotto rug from west Anatolia and a rare and good condition Cairene, rug made after the Egyptian land came under Ottoman rule. Three Anatolian rugs showing the village weaving traditions of the 17th to 19th centuries, arguably the most important of which is a rug from Sarkisla in east central Turkey. Also in this sale is 31 lots from a private collection, including beautiful silk embroideries from Azerbaijan which best represents the classical period of Safavid textile art, and a colourful Karabagh Dragon carpet, in good condition.

The Dorotheum auction house, Vienna will be holding there, Oriental Carpets, Textiles and Tapestries sale on Tuesday 5th November 2019 at there Vienna saleroom. The sale comprises of some rare and high quality rugs and carpets, including a early Salor Turkmen carpet with silk highlights size 3.24m x 2.70m, also a beautiful green Persian Saber Meshed carpet inlaid with silk details, two early Persian Kerman pictorial rugs and a Star Caucasian Kazak rug, and finally a good looking Harshang Kelleh carpet.