Rug District
646 King St.E. N3H 3N8 Cambridge, ON, Canada

LARTA The London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair, 21-26 January 2019 https://hali.com//larta-the-london-antique-rug-textile-ar/

Iran’s 28th Handwoven Carpet Exhibition underway in Tehran https://www.presstv.com//handwoven-carpet-exhibition-Tehra

The evil moth can destroy your precious Persian and Oriental Rugs! And it can happen quietly and quickly. https://rugdistrict.com/the-evil-moth-will-destroy-orienta/ #OrientalRugs #PersianRugs #WoolRugs

Significant rugs and textiles are not limited to specialised auctions or even Islamic and Asian art sales. A case in point is the upcoming Important Design auct...ion at Bonhams in London on 25 April 2018, of which a highlight is a 16th-century Ushak medallion rug (estimate 150,000-200,000), previously in the Aita collection. See HALI's sale preview on hali.com.

Book of the week: Tibetan Dress in Amdo and Kham by Gina Corrigan. Exploring the vast range of styles, materials and techniques used in the making of traditiona...l Tibetan clothing and ornaments, this book takes an intimate look at the different cultural groups within this diverse region, discussing how traditional costume relates to their everyday life. The book is available now at shop.hali.com.

Persian carpet antique #1900 Kashan

Join us at the symposium "The Handmade Rug in the 21st century" and a book launch organised by Oritop on 6-7 April at the Palais Breuner in Vienna. The event in...cludes a series of lectures by leading industry experts as well as workshops. To register email [email protected]. Photo via reWoven.

Flashback to last week at the DOMOTEX buyer's tour with HALI and COVER Editors, Ben Evans and Lucy Upward.

A selection from the collection of Chinese rugs of the New York-based Antique Rug Studio will be exhibited at the China International Carpet Exhibition CQICE in... Xining in June 2018. Read more about a wealth of Chinese carpets, including pieces from Ningxia and Beijing, ‘Mongolian’ carpets and several types of Art Deco rugs at hali.com.

Book of the week: Rugs & Art. Tribal Bird Rugs & Others. A Buenos Aires Collection by Abel Trybiarz. Quietly built over many years by a Buenos Aires collector,... this previously unknown tribal rug collection has at its heart a superb selection of characteristic antique knotted-pile rugs, woven by the nomadic tribes of the Khamseh Confederation in southwestern Iran during the 19th century. The book is available now at shop.hali.com.

Persian carpet antique #1900 Kashan

Flashback to last week at the DOMOTEX buyer's tour with HALI and COVER Editors, Ben Evans and Lucy Upward.

#Persiancarpet artistic narrative of Iranian history, culture http://www.presstv.com//2/01/17/549252/Iran-Persian-carpet #PersianRugs #OrientalRugs