The London Antique Rug and Textile Art Fair (LARTA) 2014

April 1, 2014

The Showroom at 63 Penfold Street, London NW8 will host the fourth LARTA Fair, from Thursday 3 April – Sunday 6 April 2014.

Beautiful antique rugs, carpets and textiles will be presented to collectors, decorators and an ever growing audience. Exhibits will come from many corners of the world including Anatolia, the Caucasus, Persia, Central Asia, India and China, as well as from Europe and Africa.

HALI will once again be at LARTA so come by our stand and pick up a free copy of our latest issue. Other exhibitors with a wide range of specialisms include James Cohen, Joss Graham, Andy Lloyd, Aaron Nejad, Ornamentum, Owen Parry, Seneh Carpets and Markus Voigt Textiles. Gallery Nomad and Galerie Arabesque will also be returning to the fair this year.

This year, for the first time, LARTA will be on view online as well as at the Showroom from Thursday 3 April at 6pm.

Aaron Nejad, Khamseh Rug, SW Persia, 19th century

Aaron Nejad, Uzbek Lakai Bag, Central Asia, late 19th century

Andy Lloyd, Bijar rug, northwest Persia, 19th century

Andy Lloyd, Coptic Orphrey (?), Egypt

Galerie Arabesque, Tunisian veil

Galerie Arabesque, detail of Italian green velvet, 15th century

Gallery Nomad, antique Baluch Prayer rug

Galerie Arabesque, silver painted red cotton Indian shawl

Gallery Nomad, antique North West Persian Qashqai

James Cohen, Afshar rug. South persia, c.1910

James Cohen, Middle Amu Darya ‘Beshir’ Turkmen  rug, c.1875

James Cohen, Caucasian Long Rug, c.1880

James Cohen, Cretan Girl’s Skirt (detail)

James Cohen, Early 19th century Romanian Kilim

James Cohen, Kuba Runner, c.1850

James Cohen, Baluch rug, c.1880

James Cohen, Uzbek suzani

Ornamentum, Antique Tehran rug ,North Persia, c. 1910

Ornamentum, one of apair of antique Tabriz rugs, Northwest Persia, c. 1940

Owen Parry, Persian Silk Brocade, 19th century

Seneh Carpets, antique Afshar rug, south Persia

Seneh Carpets, antique Qashqa’i rug, southwest persia

Markus Voigt Textiles, L’Atoll, printed cotton designed by Maurice Bertrand,

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