Oriental Rug News

ARTS exhibitor and organizer Michael Craycraft

2010-02-06T10:50:00.000+01:00

The main organizer of the Antique Rug & Textile Show in San Francisco 2009 (ARTS) Michael Craycraft has now returned to Motel Capri, where the 2009 exhibition took place....read more

Photos from the ongoing San Francisco Arts of Pacific Asia Show 2010

2010-02-05T13:58:00.001+01:00

This year's San Francisco Arts of Pacific Asia Show takes place 5-7 February in Fort Mason Center in San Francisco....read more

Preview - SF Tribal

2010-01-31T20:54:00.001+01:00

The main organizer of ARTS 2009, Michael Craycraft, is back in San Francisco and will exhibit at the San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show 12-14 February 2010....read more

SF Arts of Pacific Asia Show 5-7 February

2010-01-31T12:11:00.000+01:00

The San Francisco Arts of Pacific Asia Show will take place 5-7 February 2010 at the Festival Pavilion in Fort Mason Center....read more

San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show 12-14 February

2010-01-24T12:13:00.001+01:00

The San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show will take place 12-14 February 2010. This impressive event brings....read more

Sartirana Textile Show 2010

2010-01-23T11:49:00.000+01:00

Alberto Boralevi has confirmed that the 6th Sartirana Textile Show will be held in Sartirana, Italy from 22-26 September 2010....read more

Abstraction in Persian Tribal Flatweaves

2010-01-21T20:51:00.003+01:00

Textile Arts Council presents Primitivism and Abstraction in Persian Tribal Flatweaves with Alberto Levi 13 February, 10AM in Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum....read more

Transylvanian rugs - discover Transylvania June, 2010

2010-01-13T20:17:00.001+01:00

Stefano Ionescu has announced "Discover Transylvania 11-19 June, 2010". Stefano has also arranged a Transylvania tour in May 2010 but this tour is totally booked....read more

Rug & Textile Appreciation Mornings

2010-01-09T18:19:00.001+01:00

The Textile Museum's Rug & Textile Appreciation Mornings are generally held two Saturdays each month at 10:30 AM. They are generally held in Myers Room....read more

Most expensive rugs of 2009

2010-01-09T16:37:00.001+01:00

Rugrag: From January 2009 through December 31, 2009 there were some very impressive numbers posted by both Sotheby's and Christie's for high prices fetched for luxury Persian Rugs and Oriental Carpets....read more at rugrag.com

Isfahan carpet sold for 254,000 $ at Christies

2009-12-16T16:33:00.004+01:00

All of the Isfahan 17th century carpets from the William Clark bequest sold. Most sold well; some at more than twice their high estimate....read more

Safavid Carpets: An Analysis of Themes, Styles and Patterns

2009-12-05T20:12:00.001+01:00

Dr. Jon Thompson will held a lecture "Safavid Carpets: An Analysis of Themes, Styles and Patterns" Sunday 6 December 2009 from 2:00 to 4:00 at RugIdea 1655 South La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035. Program is free and sponsored by Khosrow Sobhe.

�Lotto� Designs as Symbols of the Islamic and Chinese Worldviews

2009-11-28T18:44:00.001+01:00

Rippon Boswell, Wiesbaden, has just announced a presentation by Dr. Georg Butterweck from Vienna, to be held at their premises on Friday, 4 December 2009, at 6 p.m....read more

Christie�s November 24th auction

2009-11-09T18:02:00.002+01:00

A major rug event in New York will be Christie�s November 24th auction "500 years Decorative Arts Europe". An amazing group of carpets....read more

Occidental Carpet Palace and Gardens

2009-11-03T19:13:00.001+01:00

One of the special attractions during ARTS in San Francisco 2009 was a visit 21 October to the renowned Bay Area collector Jim Dixon's house in Occidental, 80 miles from San Francisco....read more

People ARTS 2009

2009-11-03T08:57:00.002+01:00

Photos and text by Rob van Wieringen....read more

Exhibition Turkmen tentbands

2009-11-02T20:56:00.002+01:00

A special international exhibition with focus on Turkmen tentbands opened 31 October 2009 at Galerie Mohammad Tehrani, Neue Gr�ningerstr. 10, Hamburg. The exhibition will proceed until 07. November 2009 - read more

Classical Isfahan carpets from the 17th century

2009-10-24T16:17:00.001+02:00

Christies auction "Decorative Arts Europe Including Carpets from The Corcoran Gallery of Art", 24 November 2009 in New York includes a dozen Isfahan carpets from the 17th century....read more

Persian carpets at Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen

2009-10-19T20:39:00.004+02:00

Members of the Danish Rug Society visited Rosenborg Castle 15 October on a guided tour. The purpose was the temporary exhibition of the Coronation and Chenille Carpets.....read more

Impressions ARTS San Francisco 2009

2009-10-17T15:52:00.002+02:00

"It�s well into the second day here and the feeling is quite extraordinary, even euphoric. The ambiance is lively, festive, and fun. Many sales, happy reunions, amicable debates, lively discussions"....read more

The Ardabil and Coronation carpets on display from 14 November

2009-10-15T17:46:00.002+02:00

Los Angeles County Museum of Art's two spectacular Persian carpets, the Ardabil Carpet and the Coronation Carpet, are seldom shown to the public. The reason is their....read more

Ethnic Chinese Textiles

2009-10-14T18:07:00.000+02:00

Dumortier, Antwerp, will hold an exhibition of ethnic textiles of the minorities of South-Western China. The exhibition will take place from October 23 through 16 December....read more

The Antique rug & Textile Show opens Thursday 15 October

2009-10-11T16:49:00.004+02:00

The Antique Rug & Textile Show in San Francisco opens Thursday 15 October at Motel Capri and will run until 26 October 2009. Close to 40 topdealers will exhibit their tribal rugs and textiles. In conjunction with the fair there will be more events i local galleries. Read more about ARTS.

Will the next ACOR be in February 2011

2009-10-10T19:12:00.004+02:00

Tom Hubbard, ACOR president, will hold a meeting 16 October with members of the San Francisco Bay Area Rug Society to prepare a possible American Conference of Oriental Rugs in the Bay Area in February 2011.

Events in conjunction with ARTS

2009-10-07T19:54:00.001+02:00

In conjunction with ARTS, DeWitt Mallary, a well known connoisseur of Baluch group carpets, will hold an exhibition and sale of assorted rugs and textiles from his collection at the gallery of Peter Pap...read more