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A personal narrative is presented which explores the authors' experience of touring the carpet and rug museums of Portugal and Spain as part of the HALI Decorative Arts of Iberia Tour, held on May 19-31, 2015.

The article discusses the conference "'The Armenian Knot: Traditions of Carpet Weaving Art" held in Yerevan, Armenia from November 20-22, 2013. The author notes that the conference represented an attempt to convey the significance of Armenian involvement in rug weaving in the Caucasus region and beyond. Participants included researcher Volkmar Gantzhorn, who was the guest of honor, as well as the scholars Lauren Arnold and Dickran Kouymjian.

The article discusses Anatolian or Turkish village rugs in the collection of Romain Zaleski. Particular focus is paid to several types of rugs in the collection including examples from the town of Şarkişla, Konya rugs from Central Anatolia, and prayer rugs from various Turkish villages. In addition, the author presents a brief history of carpet weaving in the region.

The article evaluates the HeadquARTers art museum, owned and operated by the international logistics company Katoen Natie, and located in Antwerp, Belgium.

The article previews several rugs and kilims including the West Anatolian Carpet Fragment from the Zagnos Pasa Mosque, the Caucasian Runner Fragment from the Sarahatun Mosque, and Sivas Rug from theÇapanoglu Mosque.

The article offers information on Swedish folk textiles collected by David Black and Clive Loveless at the Portland Road Gallery in London, England. The textiles originated from the 18th and 19th centuries in the Skåne region in Southern Sweden. The Swedish folk textiles are presented including a cover with trees and reindeer in octagons, carriage cushion with a floral mosaic and carriage cushion cover with parrots.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of joining a tour of Armenia and Georgia to examine the countries' textile traditions, which includes a tour of the Museum of Fine Arts and the State Museum of Folk and Applied Arts in Georgia and Megerian Carpets in Armenia.

The article discusses the highlights of the Domotex home textile and fabrics trade show in Hanover, Germany from January 17 to 20, 2004 and the International Area Rug Market incorporating the National Oriental Rug Show in Atlanta, Georgia from January 5 to 18. It notes that Woven Legends of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania continues to reinterpret the traditional and develop new lines of carpets on display at Domotex. It cites that Nucollection of Los Angeles, California showed Hassan Massid's refined sense of design, proportion and colour at Atlanta.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of attending the 2002 American Conference on Oriental Rugs in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The article presents a comparison of the Domotex Hanover and the Atlanta International Area Rug Market carpet fairs separately held in January 2001. The Atlanta fair is focused on an American marketplace with rich and demanding clients while the Domotex caters to the rest of the world. Also in Domotex, the stands are like small high ceilinged warehouses with carpet stacks from which buyers select their goods, while at Atlanta's AmericasMart, the temporary booths and the permanent showrooms are smaller and more boutique-like.

The article reviews the 29th San Francisco Tribal & Textile Art Show, which took place in San Francisco, California From February 6-8, 2015.

The article focuses on the Dealer's Fair at the International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC) X Fair, held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. from April 17 to 20, 2003. Organized by Bethany Mendenhall and Charles Lave, the event featured the "Collector's Potpourri" exhibition, which included pieces from previous ICOCs and ACORs. Dealers at the trade show showcased unusual pieces from within their specific fields of interest.

The article reports on the highlights of the Second International Conference on North African Carpets and Textiles in Marrakesh, Morocco from September to October 2001. Participants visited an exhibition of Berber carpets at the Musee de Marrakech and three displays of mainly Berber textiles from private collections held at sites around the medina.

The article announces that Mohammad Ashkiyoun has received the best Iranian carpet producer award and evaluates carpets and rugs including the Jafarnejad carpets, Sahara and Shahdad lines by Ashkiyoun.

The article offers information on the 19th-century rugs that had been collected by British telegraph company employee Robert Murdoch Smith. Topics discussed include Salor Turkmen kejebe or wedding trapping rug of Turkey made up of wool and silk, featuring the beautiful weaving skills of Turkomens; Qashqa'i carpet of southwest Persia; and Smith's collection also contain number of carpets and pieces of carpets of 17th century and earlier dates.

The article focuses on the Indian type of embroidery called phulkari. Topics discussed include the origins of phulkari making in India, the influences behind the designs of phulkari and the textile's cultural role in the lives of young Indian women. Also discussed are the religious and symbolic uses of phulkari textiles in India.

The article focuses on two 19th century Persian rugs, the Qashqa'i rug and the Kerman carpet, which both depict scenes from the Achaemenid ancient empire capital, Persepolis. Topics discussed include the Qashqa'i rug depicting the throne of Xerxes I and the Kerman carpet showing an inscription that tells of how it was made by the order of the vice governor of Fars, the traditions represented by the pieces and how the medium of photography has been used to create the rugs.

The article discusses the "Voic Selection II" to be held at the auction house Rippon Boswell in Wiesbaden, Germany on March 12, 2016 featuring several textiles.

The article reviews the art exhibition "Turquoise Mountain: Artists Transforming Afghanistan" running at the FreerlSackler Galleries in Washington, District of Columbia until January 29, 2017 featuring textiles arts and carpets from Afghanistan such as "The History Carpet" by artist Erbil Tezcan.

The article offers travel tips for Iran including recommendations for visits to tourist attractions such as the Mayden-e Imam, and the Tehran Carpet Museum.

The article reviews the art exhibition Asian Art held at the art gallery Francesca Galloway in lOndon, England from November 5-15, 2015.

The article reviews the "Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition" of the carpet firm Zollanvari held in Embrach, Switzerland from October 22-23, 2015.

The article reviews the 13th International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC) Dealers Fair which features exhibits and auctions of rugs, carpets and other types of textiles, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Washington D.C. on August 6-9, 2015.

The article discusses the highlights of the International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC) XIII held in Washington D.C. on August 6-9, 2015. Topics discussed in the convention include oriental carpet collecting, the treatment of carpets and textiles in contemporary art and the convention being held in conjunction with the opening of the Textile Museum at George Washington University and the museum's first exhibition, "Unraveling Identity: Our Textiles, Our Stories."