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.

Austria Auction Company will be holding there collector rugs sale on the 2nd November 2019 in Vienna. The sale will comprise of 231 lots mainly tribal, old and antique oriental rugs, carpet, runners and trappings, as well as flat weaves and textiles, the majority coming from central Asia and Persia, but also with a small selection from Turkey, the Caucasus and China. Most lots are in good condition and are invitingly estimated. Three quarters of the lots are from the collection of the veteran Hamburg oriental carpet dealer Siawosch Azadi. Almost two thirds of the Azadi pieces are Turkomen in origin, while the remainder are from Persia.

Skinner Auction House in Boston will be holding there Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets sale on Sunday 27th October 2019. The sale includes a number of rare and beautiful oriental rugs, carpets and textiles from several important collections. Over thirty early Chinese and East Turkestan rugs, a group of early Anatolian and Shahsavan Kilims, a dozen first rate Caucasian and south Persian pieces, and from the late Bruce Duncan, a dozen splendid Caucasian rugs, in addition to these fresh to the market collectors rugs. Skinner's says its there best selection of decorative oriental rugs and carpets we've been privileged to offer.

The ancient Persian city of Sultanabad, (now known as Arak) has been synonymous with fine Persian carpet weaving since the mid 19th century, and soon became Iran's most important centre of carpet production up until at least 1940. Antique Sultanabad carpets from the 19th and turn of the 20th century have become perhaps the most desirable among the Persian weaving's, as they appeal to both the connoisseurs and interior designers. The designs of antique Sultanabad carpets are variations on classical Persian all over patterns, such as the Herati (repeated diamond and curling leaf), the Mina Khani (repeated circular flower heads) and Harshang (highly stylized dragon and blossom), often in subtle, glowing pastels and earth tones. The Oriental carpets from Sultanabad were a product of the cottage industry in and around this Northwest Persian town, and were often produced on the family level. Therefore, they usually use a moderate weave, and somewhat thicker pile, similar to nomadic and tribal rugs. Nevertheless, they have now taken an equal seat beside the highly reputed and more finely knotted Ferahan and Sarouk Persian carpets from this same Arak district. In the late 1870's a new style of Sultanabad carpet was developed as a result of the Ziegler & Co Manchester, which subsidized one of a kind commissions particularly for export to Great Britain and France. This resulted in the Ziegler Sultanabad Persian carpet style. Distinguished by a significantly finer weave and stylish allover design in delicate colours. Although based on classical Persian carpet designs, Zieglers often delightfully inspired English translations, often to impressive over scale proportions. Modern day production of Persian carpets in Sultanabad (Arak) has almost gone, with just a few weaving houses producing a very small number of these beautiful Persian carpets.