LARTA is the annual gathering of London’s only specialist event for fine antique textile art, antique carpets, vintage rugs and associated works of art frequented by collectors and interior designers. Taking place for the 13th year in succession, LARTA 2025 is bringing some new exhibitors, as well as our regular specialist dealers.

Fitting with the current trend of increased interest in antique textiles for decorating interiors, as well as collecting, Marilyn Garrow Fine Textile Art returns alongside a new exhibitor; Junnaa & Thomi Wroblewski Ltd, the latter with a desirable mix of textiles from 19th French portrait tapestries to an Armenian 18th/19th century embroidery produced for the Ottoman Empire.

Other new faces at LARTA 2025 include Gallery Zadah with antique rugs and carpets, antique textiles and fine European tapestries, including a superb Ottoman embroidery from the Balkans, circa 1800. Thames Carpets, run by father and daughter duo Bahram and Sophie Javadi-Babreh, are also making their debut at LARTA 2025 with a wide range to offer from a mid-century Turkish Tulu to a top class late 19th century Kazak Karachop design.

Launched in 2011, the LARTA fair is an important date for decorators, collectors and discerning buyers looking for both collectible and decorative rugs and textiles to add that ’je ne sais quoi’ to an interior.

The expert dealers are offering items originating from Persia, India, China, Japan, Central Asia, Anatolia and the Caucasus, as well as from Europe, Africa and the Americas.

As usual, LARTA Online opens on Tuesday 21 January 2025 at larta.net, mirroring some of what can be found at the fair in London’s Battersea Park, making LARTA available worldwide.