Rugs and Carpets

Michaelian and Kohlberg: their extensive carpet range, many of which we stock

Turkotek: non-commercial site for oriental rug collectors

Jozan: Oriental rug news, articles, rug sales gallery and rug directory

The Carpet Site: resources for area rugs

Oldcarpet.com: persian rugs online

Publications and Journals

There are three journals covering the field of Asian arts and textiles that we recommend. They are indispensable because they represent the intersection of the otherwise separate realms of curators, scholars, dealers and collectors.

Orientations: Asian arts and antiquities

Arts of Asia: Asian arts and antiquities

Hali: Carpets and textiles worldwide

Travel in China

There is no better way to understand a culture than to visit it.

Imperial Tours: specializing in seeing China in regal style

Wild China: focussing on trekking and active travel

Non-profit organisations in China and Tibet

Tibet Artisan Initiative: their handicrafts center in Lhasa is the best of its kind in Tibet

Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center: saving the best of Beijing's architectural heritage

Asian Art and Textile-related links

The following sites are sources of information, books and expertise in the field of Asian Arts:

Asia Fine Books: online bookseller specializing in the art of India, Southeast Asia and Tibet

Art Galleries (UK)

John Bennett Fine Paintings: a London art dealer offers Marine paintings, Still-life painting, Portrait painting and others

Stewart Gallery in the UK: offers modern paintings and Italian paintings by artists including Nils H Christensen, Chris Adams, Gamba, Miglio,Sanzone, Irace, Colucci, Serafina, Canzanella,Iannicelli,Lucia Sarto and many more

The Canon Gallery in the UK: provides oil paintings and contemporary paintings such as modern British paintings, European paintings and Victorian paintings

Turner Bennett in the UK: collection of modernist art, Modernist paintings, Expressionist paintings, Fauvist paintings, Futurist paintings

Jonathan Knight: a leading animal sculptor company specializes in providing bronze horse sculpture,bronze animal statues

Sally Timms Art in the UK: modern paintings and contemporary paintings. Abstract paintings, acrylic paintings, giclee prints, watercolour paintings, art drawings and oil paintings on canvas

Other Torana Businesses

Torana Clean Air Center in Beijing: selling Blueair air purifiers to Beijing residents, with air quality information and a link to the US embassy air quality monitoring station