This year Baku hosts the 5th International Symposium on Azerbaijan carpets; Traditions and Innovations, running from 17th-29th October 2017. Also along side this event the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum 22nd-24th May 2017, will host the 2nd International Symposium of the Common Language of the Turkic World-Patterns. Back in London the Oriental Rug Centre has seen a busy start to the year, and along with new rugs and carpets arriving from Iran (Persia) and Afghanistan the selection is one of the best in the world. David J.Wilkins Oriental Rug Experts has found a shift in sales, back from modern abstract rugs to the finer traditional Persian carpets. It seems quality once again is taking the lead, and not before time, in the long run these customers and there families will benefit from choosing a high quality handmade Persian rug or carpet.

London's Oriental Rug Centre has just received a new shipment of wonderful Persian Sultanabad carpets. They range in size from 3.50m x 2.50m right up to a magnificent 5.50m x 4.oom, and we have a very unusual piece which measures 5.00m x 4.40m, a photo of this carpet can be seen on our social media outlets. We pride our self's on having regular fresh stock arriving direct from Persia (Iran) and Afghanistan as well as from other rug and carpet producing countries, so give us a call and come and see our huge selection of handmade rugs and carpets. Tel: 0207 722 7608. www.orientalrugexperts.com

David J.Wilkins Oriental rug experts has received there first shipment of 2017, including a fine selection of old and new Persian rugs and carpets. Customers both old and new are invited to London's Oriental Rug Centre to view the vast selection of Handmade rugs and carpets from all the major carpets weaving countries of the world. We have rugs to suit most budgets, but also cater for the client who's looking for that special super fine Persian silk or maybe a huge size for there stately home. call us to discuss your requirements Tel: 0207 722 7608 www.orientalrugexperts.com.

The London Telegraph has reported an astonishing find. Academic Ms Mary Beard stumbled upon a priceless set of King Henry VIII tapestries, there were being offered for sale in a Persian rug shop in New York. The large tapestries depict scenes from the life of Julius Caesar, and were recognised by Ms Beard as one of a set of 10 tapestries that were commissioned by King Henry VIII at the height of his power.  

From all of us at David J.Wilkins Oriental rug experts we would like to wish all of our customers both past and present a very happy Christmas. We will be open at the Oriental rug centre London, right up to December 24th (Christmas eve). So if your looking for a very special and unique present, then give us a call on: 0207 722 7608, to view our vast selection of handmade rugs and carpets.www.orientalrugexperts.com The London antique rug and textile art fair will be open on 24th-29th January, at its new venue in Battersea London, which will include some of the top dealers in the country.

Domotex Asia, the leading flooring show in Asia Pacific, will take place in Shanghai, China on 23rd March 2017. It is the 19th edition of the fair, with more than 600 rug and carpet manufacturers from over 20 countries showcasing their rugs and carpets in five halls with a gross exhibition area of more than 60,000 sqm. Every year over 50,000 trade visitors from more than 100 countries gather to scout the latest innovations and best designs in the flooring industry. With rugs and carpets taking up the largest share of all flooring sectors, Domotex Asia/Chinafloor is a platform not-to-be-missed by rug and carpet dealers that want to grow their business in Asia. Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers are starting the Christmas season with a major international auction of art, antiques and design. The auction features a fine range of fine rugs, carpets and tapestries, and among the highlights is an exceptional Persian silk Kashan carpet. The auction will tale place on Wednesday 30th November at Bredgade 33 in Copenhagen.

An unusual exhibition opens in Canada at the Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History in November 2016. It is the story of 50 years of collecting by two Americans living in Paris who started, quite by chance, with classical antiquity and then concentrated on Asian art-Chinese porcelain, Buddhist sculpture, archaic jade and silk. Power and Protection: Islamic Art and the supernatural opens at the Ashmolean Museum Oxford, showing from 20th October 2016 to 15th January 2017, Francesca Leoni introduces this landmark exhibition. Saturday opening at the Oriental Rug Centre, Staples Corner, London, has proved a big success and at David J.Wilkins Oriental rug experts we are urging customers to phone ahead so we can make sure you have our undivided attention, as I'm sure your aware it can take some time to look through the huge stock available. www.orientalrugexperts.com

David J.Wilkins Oriental Rugs were once again please to supply Brynkinalt Hall with a very large carpet for this very impressive Tudor Hall, which has been the home of the Trevor family since it was built in 1612. The Autumn sales have begun in London with Christie's Islamic week, a sale of Oriental rugs and carpets on the 18th October including a good selection of antique and collectable Oriental rugs and carpets from most periods and provenances. Also on the 3rd November at King Street, the National Trust are selling a large 19th century Axminster carpet from Hanbury Hall, Worcester. At David J Wilkins Oriental rug experts London we are seeing an increase of business this Autumn, and are working hard to keep the London warehouse stocked up, so that customers have a huge selection to chose from. www.orientalrugexperts.com

For nearly 30 years David J.Wilkins Oriental rugs has been supplying the proprietors of the Lawn, Rochford, the most sought after wedding venue in Essex. And once again we were pleased to be asked to supply some fine Persian carpets for this elegant Georgian mansion. David J.Wilkins Oriental rugs has just received a new collection of fine Sultanabad carpets in mostly large sizes, These carpet are woven with extremely decorative colours and are great quality. Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery, is now open at the Victoria and Albert museum London, and presents some of the most beautiful textiles ever produced in England. Due to their age and fragility, this is likely to be the last time that an exhibition on such a scale will be possible.

The Saint-Germain-des-Pres in Paris becomes an extended gallery from 6th-11th September 'where the paths of the world cross' for the 15th edition of Parcours des Mondes. Last year the premier tribal art fair broadened its scope to include Asian works alongside the Oceanic, African and Native American art on offer, and that formula is repeated this year. An exotic atmosphere is created by the coming together of eighty-four specialist international galleries. This September in London two notable design shows are worth mentioning. Decorex International 2016, with over 400 leading brands exhibiting, from 18th-21st at Syon Park London, and The London Design Festival is an annual event, held to celebrate and promote London as the design capital of the world and as the gateway to the international creative community. This Festival will be held at The Design Centre Chelsea Harbour and various locations throughout London from the 17th-25th September 2016.