The Austria Auction Company's spring sale of Fine Antique Oriental Rugs XV, will be held at the Palais Breuner saleroom in Vienna on Saturday 18th May 2019. The sale comprises of 215 lots of rugs, carpets and textiles from across Eurasia. As is usual with this auction house the sale reiles heavily on small private European collections. On this occasion, the Siawosch Azadi collection in Hamburg has provided a mix of about 75 mainly 19th-century Persian tribal, town and village weaving's, as well as Turkomen and other Central Asian tribal rugs and bags, While a second significant collection consists of almost fifty pieces from an unnamed Italian seller. One of the standout rugs on offer is a mid-19th century silk-wefted herati designed Qashqai kelleh, lot 137 estimated at £10,000-£15,000.

Material Culture of Philadelphia are holding their Fine Decorative & Collectible Antique Oriental Rug sale on Monday 29th April 2019. The sale comprises 163 lots, including a strong selection of decorative antique Persian, Turkish, Indian and Chinese rugs and carpets, as well as a wide selection of collectible kilims, bags and trappings. One of the highlights of the sale is lot 87, a Mohtasham Kashan rug previously featured in Eberhart Herrman's catalogue, Von Lotto Bis Tekke (1978, no44), estimated at £11,000-£19,000.

The Vienna action house Dorotheum is holding a sale of almost 140 Turkomen rugs, carpets and knotted works from a single private collection. The sale will take place on April 9th 2019, and will include high quality and rare pieces, an early Tekke Turkomen carpet size 2.26m x 2.00m in exceptional condition is estimated at £13,000-£17,000, also offered is an asmalyk from West Turkestan, a magnificent Yomut tent band estimated at £8,000-£10,000. Other Turkomen groups such as Yomut, Tekke, Saryk, and Ersari are also represented in the sale. www.orientalrugexperts.com

Koller Auctions of Zurich will be holding their Carpet sale on the 28th March 2019. It includes 100 interesting, decorative and antique oriental rugs and carpets. The Auction boasts a number of decorative carpets in very good condition, and some beautiful antique examples with rare designs. One of the auctions stand out pieces is a colossal Persian Kerman Laver carpet measuring 12.70m x 6.00m. The Austria Auction Company will be holding their old and antique oriental rug and carpet sale on the 30th March 2019 at there Palais Breuner saleroom in Vienna. Most of the consignment comes from the Wormser collection in Germany. Here in the UK there is a special exhibition of ancient Andean textiles being held at the Whitworth Museum in Manchester on the 29th March-15 September 2019. A lot of the pieces are on lone from the Paul Hughes collection alongside pieces from the Whitworth, textiles from c 300 BC to c 1400 AD will be on display. www.orientalrugexperts.com

Austria Auction Company's upcoming auction, Collector Rugs with No Reserve, will be held at their Palais Breuner saleroom in Vienna on the 9th March 2019. The without reserve offering comprises of 230 lots of assorted, mainly tribal, old and antique collectible oriental carpets , rugs, runners, bags and trappings, as well as flat weaves from Turkey, the Caucasus, Persia and central Asia. Most lots are in good condition. In addition to substantial consignments attributed to several anonymous Swiss, Austrian, Italian and English collections. www.orientalrugexperts.com

The Palais Dorotheum in Vienna will be holding their oriental rug and carpet auction on the 20th February 2019. One of the highlights is a Central Persian silk carpet from the first half of the 20th century. This large rug of unusual format boasts a vase and central gable motif on a light coloured ground, and is in excellent condition. Another lot is a Savonnerie from the second half of the 18th century, commissioned as a palace carpet. This museum quality carpet is in good condition, with a round filigree medallion enclosed in a lozenge on a rust ground. Another magnificent carpet is a mid 20th century Persian Meshed carpet of the finest quality from northeast Persia. Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers is holding its antique sale from 27 February to 7th March 2019 in Copenhagen. The highlights among the oriental rugs and carpets include a beautiful antique Serapi carpet, a rare Caucasian Kazak rug, a fine Persian Seirafian Isfahan hinting scene rug, a Persian Benlian Tabriz room size hunting carpet, an Ivory ground Moghan runner and a Mohtasham Kashan figural rug. www.orientalrugexperts.com

On the 7th February 2019 the San Francisco Tribal Rug & Textile show will be held at the Fort Mason Centre. The show is the premier show to see antique tribal rugs & carpets along with textiles in the US. A large selection of exhibitors both old and new will be showing a variety of wonderful objects. The London Oriental Rug warehouses have started the new year with steady trading of Persian and assorted Oriental rugs and carpets. David J.Wilkins oriental rug experts has seen an increase in the desire for stronger colours, which opens up a much larger selection to chose from. www.orientalrugexperts.com

We have two of the the largest Oriental rug and carpet trade shows in the coming months. Firstly Domotex Hannover 11th-14th January 2019, as in previous years is the premier trade show for Europe and surrounding country's, and from February 28th-March 2nd 2019 Domotex Atlanta. www.orientalrugexperts.com

Here at David J.Wilkins Oriental Rugs we will be open for business right up until Christmas Eve at the Staples Corner warehouse in North West London, and also by appointment between the 27th-31st Dec 2018. With a huge selection of Oriental rugs and carpets from Persia, Afghanistan, Morocco, Indian and many other handmade rug producing country's, we can find that special piece to fulfill most requirements and budgets. www.orientalrugexperts.com

The Austria Auction Company will be holding their fine antique oriental rug sale on Saturday 15th December 2018, at the Palais Breuner saleroom Vienna. The sale includes quality Oriental rugs and carpets from the excellent collection of the late Theo Haberli. At the heart of the consignment is a comprehensive collection of 19th & 20th century Shahsavan Kilims from the Azarbayian region. One of the most notable of these is lot 33, the Torkmanchay kilim chosen by Parviz Tanavoli as the cover illustration for his 1988 book Persian Flatweaves. The Philadelphia auction house Material Culture's will be holding their, Fine Decorative & Collectible Antique Oriental Rug & Carpet sale on Monday 17th December 2018. The sale comprises of 114 lots including a fine selection of decorative antique Persian, Turkish, Indian and Chinese rugs and carpets, as well as a wide selection of collectible Oriental rugs and carpets. One of the stand out pieces of the sale is lot 48, a stunningly attractive twentieth century Zareh Penyamin Kum Kapi silk and gold brocade prayer rug from Northwest Anatolia, with the calligraphic signature mark Zareh Penyamin, estimated at $80,000-$100.000. another is the recently discovered 17th century Moghul silk velvet textile panel rug from India, estimated at $2,000-$4,000.