Articles & Travelogue

TWO IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING OLD INSCRIBED BAKHTIYARI ‘KHAN’ CARPETS FROM THE ARCHIVES Over four decades of trading many old Bakhtiyari rugs and trappings have come and gone. Most often these were village production from the Chahar Mahal valley and many trappings from both Luri and Bakhtiyari nomadic tribal groups. Two…

We invite you for drinks and to preview our special CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION Saturday, 25th November from 4 - 7pm. The exhibition will continue until 9th December 2017 by appointment tel 02 9660 3753 or 0407 244104 125 Harris Street Pyrmont NSW 2009 Entry via red door and door phone in…

Join Ross Langlands for his talk in this series of lectures, group discussions and hands-on explanations of antiques and fine art. Hosted by the Australian Antique and Art Dealers Association

Almost coincidentally in the early 1980’s, an archive of textile history was discovered in Kent UK in a Victorian warehouse now demolished. This was the archival storage of the last remaining hand-block silk printer in London, David Evans and Co.

Materials | Colours & Dyes | Blue | Red | Yellow | Black or Brown | White & Ivory | Conclusions | Materials Carpets and kilims (flatweaves) usually have wool, or occasionally silk, as the fibre forming the pile and the pattern.  These are both animal fibres, made of protein,…

The Jorai are the among the oldest inhabitants of the central highlands or Tay Nguyen region of Vietnam close to the Cambodian border. They belong to the Austronesian language group and are closely related to the Dayak of Borneo and Pacific Polynesian cultures. They are a matriarchal society and practice…

THE BEAUTY OF DECORATIVE OBJECTS IS OFTEN DOWNPLAYED IN THE DISCUSSION OF ART, writes  SEBASTIAN SMEE in the Australian. First published in the Australian, September 1, 2007 ISLAMIC culture tends towards the lovely idea that we can extol the beauty of appearances so long as we recognise their impermanence and…