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Since the early 1970s, Michael and Jacqueline Franses have presented antique textiles which express the highest and purest forms of this art. textile-art are able to offer for sale examples from a wide variety of cultures, while specialising in textile art from the Near East, Central Asia and the Far East, including carpets from the 17th century and earlier. We are members of the British Antique Dealers' Association. Michael Franses is a Consultant Editor of Hali, The International Magazine of Antique Carpets and Textiles and a former member of the Board of The European Fine Art Foundation. He was also a co-founder of the International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC).



ITEMS FOR SALE

The works of textile art available for viewing here are arranged by place and culture of origin. Please click on the boxes below to view a selection of rugs and textiles currently available from each region.

 Europe

 Turkey

 Caucasus

 India

 Persia

 Central Asia

 China


SOME COLLECTIONS WITH WORKS FROM TEXTILE-ART/THE TEXTILE GALLERY:
- Berlin, Islamic Museum
- Bern, Abegg Foundation
- Chicago, Art Institute
- Cleveland, Museum of Art
- Copenhagen, David Collection
- Detroit, Institute of Art
- Doha, Qatar National Museum
- Frankfurt am Main, Museum für Kunsthandwerk
- Hampton Court, The Royal Palace
- Jerusalem, L.A. Mayer Museum
- Jerusalem, Israel Museum
- Kuwait, National Museum
- London, Victoria & Albert Museum
- Lugano and Madrid, Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
- Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery
- Paris, Institut du Monde Arabe
- Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Paris, Musée National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet
- New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- New York, The Brooklyn Art Museum
- Nurenberg, German National Museum
- San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum
- Shiga, Miho Museum
- Tehran, Carpet Museum
- Washington DC, The Textile Museum

PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS:
- Inaugural Show, London, October 1972.
- The World of Rugs, London, December 1973.
- Central Asian Ikats, London, June 1974.
- Kilims of South Persia, London, October 1974.
- Kilims from the Caucasus, London, November 1974.
- The American Quilt, London, December 1974.
- Anatolian Prayer Kilims, (in association with) David Black, London, January 1975.
- Kroe Textiles from S. Sumatra, (in association with) Entwistle, London, February 1975.
- Suzani from Uzbekistan, London, March 1975.
- Textiles of the Uzbek, (in association with) Thomas Knorr, Farnham, October 1975.
- Suzani, Artweave Textile Gallery, New York, 1976.
- Suzani from Uzbekistan, (in association with) Triff Gallery, Paris, May 1977.
- Kilims from Turkey, Douglas Hyde Art Gallery, Dublin, July-September 1979.
- Imperial Ottoman Textiles, (in association with) Colnaghi, London, April 1980.
- Tessuti Ottomani, (in association with) Cittone Gallery, Milan, December 1980.
- Osmanische Textilien, (in association with) Ostler Gallery, Munich, October 1981.
- Il Tappeto Orientale dal XV al XVIII secolo, (in association with) Eskenazi, Milan, January 1982.
- Embroideries from Europe and Central Asia, Florian Papp Gallery, New York, May 1985.
- Suzani, Galerie Mangisch, Zurich, 1991.
- Dowry Gifts from Bukhara and Kokand from the 18th and 19th Centuries / Anatolian Carpets from the 16th-18th Centuries / Near Eastern Velvets and Embroideries from the 16th-18th Centuries, three concurrent exhibitions, (in association with) Stavros Mihalarias Gallery, Athens, April 1992.
- Seat and Dais Covers from 17th and 18th Century China, Barling of Mount Street, London, June 1992.
- Kaitag, Textile Art from Daghestan, Städtisches Museum Schloss Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, October 1995.
- Turkish Rugs and Old Master Paintings, Colnaghi, London and New York, Spring 1996.
- Textile Art of the Caucasus, Rippon Boswell, Wiesbaden, 1996.
- SUZANI, Embroidered Flowers of Central Asia, The Textile Art of Uzbekistan 1750 to 1850, www.textile-art.com, November 1997 to April 1998
- Textile Art from the Silk Road, Part 1, Silk embroideries, tapestries and brocades, AD 900-1600, MD Flacks Ltd, New York, 3rd March to 8th April 1998
- Textile Art from the Silk Road, Part 2, Silk embroideries and brocades, Han to Ming Dynasties, Colnaghi, London, 13th to 20th November 1998, part of Asian Art in London
- Under the Scholar's Table, Lion-dogs and Hundred Antiques Carpets of China, 1600­1750, Colnaghi, London, November 1999, part of Asian Art in London
- 30 Suzani, Embroideries from Bukhara, 1750 to 1850, www.30suzani.com, 4th September to 6th October 2000
- Flower Power: The Great Embroideries of Bukhara, Colnaghi, London, November 2000, part of Asian Art in London
- Chinese Textile Art III, Colnaghi, London, November 2001, part of Asian Art in London
- Kangxi Carpets, Western China, 1661-1722, Hall and Knight, New York, September 2002; and Colnaghi, London, November 2002 (part of Asian Art in London)

ART FAIRS ATTENDED:
- Chicago, The Antiques Fair, 1984-1986
- Chicago, Antiques Chicago, 2004
- London, Burlington House Fair, 1983-1987
- London, Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, 1983-1984, 1990-1992
- London, Olympia, Hali International Antique Carpet and Textile Art Fair, 1998-1999, 2003-2006
- London, Olympia, Summer Fine Art and Antiques Fair, 2002-2006
- Maastricht, The European Fine Art Fair, 1986-1995, 1997-2005
- Milan, Milano Textile Art Fair, 2001

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