ICOC Dealers Fair – part II

Lars Nygaard in his stand.

The ICOC Dealers Fair included a lot of highly collectable, and expensive, antique rugs on display. The fair was open 16 June in the evening for the delegates and 17-19 June for the public. Read more: Dealers Fair part I

From Sartirana to San Francisco

Ersari - exhibitor Udo Langauer

Sartirana Textile Show September 2010 in Italy included 51 antique rug & textile dealers and some of these dealers will also pack their goods and exhibit at the Antique Rug & Textile Show in San Francisco 12-17 October 2010. These transatlantic “rug nomads” include Alberto Levi, Bertram Frauenknecht, James Cohen, Michael Craycraft, Mohammad Tehrani, Ulrike … -> From Sartirana to San Francisco

STS – Turkmen rugs

Alberto Levi besides an early 18th century Salor chuval

Sartirana Textile Show ended Sunday 26 September after 5 show days. The number of exhibitors at the fair, 51, was the highest ever.  Sartirana Textile Show included also special exhibitions and lectures besides the fair but more about this in later articles. It is hard to say that Sartirana Textile Show 2010 was crowded with visitors but … -> STS – Turkmen rugs

More Belouchis

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Report from the ongoing Sartirana Textile Show. Naturally many of the dealers at the fair came with their own high power Belouchis in the hopes of cashing in on David Sorgato’s overflow. A quick run through the show turned up the following: Udo Langauer, Vienna displayed a (fig.5) Jamshidi soffre … -> More Belouchis