Our history

<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>Vrouyr2 celebrates its 10th anniversary</li><li>Naïry Vrouyr organises the study tour in Italy for BSOT</li></ul></div>

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<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Vrouyr2 celebrates its 5th anniversary</p></div>

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<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>N. Vrouyr celebrates its 100th anniversary</li><li>Ch. Vrouyr publishes his first book Journal d’un Marchand de tapis in French and Dutch. <br> </li></ul></div>

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<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>Shone Puipia presents his collection at N. Vrouyr during To Be Antwerp.</li><li>Naïry Vrouyr becomes a certified expert (by the TMV in the Netherlands).</li><li>N. Vrouyr integrates the shop in shop of Tufenkian Artisan Carpets.</li></ul></div>

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<div class="simple-box-description"><p>N. Vrouyr and Vrouyr2 exhibit exceptionally at Art Thema Gallery in Brussels.</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>N. Vrouyr exceptionally opens the doors of the workshop to the public during <i>Open Bedrijvendag</i>, the well-known Open Company days.</p></div>

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<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>Opening of Vrouyr2</li><li> First participation in the Berlin Antique Rugs &amp; Textile Exhibition (BARE).</li><li>Project with Walter Van Beirendonck. His design was executed in the workshops of Tufenkian Artisan Carpets in Nepal. The carpet will travel for three months to Melbourne.</li></ul></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Exhibition Undiscovered Minimalism, fabrics from Mazandaran, Iran</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>Exceptional exhibition of N. Vrouyr’s large collection of Art Deco carpets at BRAFA.</li><li>Lecture on Romanian Folk kilims at the ICOC (International Conference on Oriental Carpets) in Stockholm by Naïry Vrouyr.</li><li>Exhibiting modern carpets at Van der Voort Interiors in Mol during the Open House.</li><li>During the bookfair Mind the Book in Antwerp, lecture Flying carpets, a literary wrong track? by Christian Vrouyr.</li></ul></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>At the professional Domotex fair in Hannover, N. Vrouyr is rewarded with the 'Carpet Cup 2010' for best carpet retailer.</li><li>Large exhibition of the new Sahar collection.</li><li>Release of the second collection of Viviane Tahan.</li><li>First participation in the Sartirana textile Show (Italy).</li></ul></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Naïry Vrouyr travels through Rumania with Stefano Ionescu during a study-tour (Transylvanian rugs)</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>Werner Weber (Zürich) exhibits his collection of flatweaves at the N. Vrouyr gallery on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Open-Door days of the Antwerp Antiquaires.</li><li>Naïry Vrouyr stays 3 months in Washington for an internship at the Textile Museum and two months in Izmir in a restoration workshop (ATC).</li></ul></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>With Naïry Vrouyr, the fourth generation joins the family enterprise.</p></div>

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<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>Launching of the first handknotted carpet collection of Viviane Tahan.</li><li>Blue: an exhibition on indigo</li></ul></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>85th birthday of the company N. Vrouyr.</li><li>Opening of the library open to the public on the 6th of October.</li><li> Exhibition of 6 rugs designed by 6 artists (Philip Aguirre, Carla Arocha, Tina Gillen, Yves Maes, Narcisse Tordoir en Ysbrant) and hand-knotted in the workshops of Odegard.</li><li>As part of the <i>Quinzaine française</i> a collection of carpets designed by Eileen Gray of the Manufacture de Cogolin was showed in the N. Vrouyr gallery.</li></ul></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>Odegard, Rare and original design carpets. N. Vrouyr exhibits the collection at Forum Modenatie 10-11-12 October</li><li>Naïry Vrouyr travels to Armenia and visits the Tufenkian workshops.</li></ul></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>Nagada: production of Egyptian weavers: rebirth of an old tradition. Carpets in the same spirit were produced in Nepal, especially for N. Vrouyr.</li><li>First participation to the Antique Fair in Amsterdam, PAN.</li></ul></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Frank Lloyd Wright First exhibition in Europe of 20 carpets after the sketches of F.L. Wright, edited by the FLW Foundation.</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>Jajim exhibition of Iranian textiles.</li><li>Jol-e-asb: horse covers' exhibition</li></ul></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p><i>Wol in de Wolken (Wool in the Clouds): exhibition in cooperation with sculptor Albert Szukalski and poet Pjeroo Roobjee.</i></p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Sarkis Khatchatourian reconstitution of a painting exhibition that took place in Antwerp in 1925</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Total renovation of the gallery.</p></div>

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<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>Presentation of the N. Vrouyr Price to 7 students of the Royal Academy of Antwerp for their projects for carpets. The pieces, executed in Nepal, were presented at the Royal Academy.</li><li>Exhibition Palace Carpets organized in the Campo Gallery in Antwerp.</li></ul></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Participation to the Art Deco en Europe exhibition in the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Documentary exhibition about Armenia.</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Exhibition on the premises of a 15th century Mamluk Carpet, lent by the Oesterreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst Wien, and carpets from the Smit van Gelder Museum Antwerp.</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Carpet "Egypt" by Elisabeth de Saedeleer and Paul Haesaerts goes to Les orientalistes et l'Afrique dans l'art belge in Brussels</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Grandson Christian Vrouyr becomes the first president of the Bota, the Professional association of Belgian retailers in hand knotted carpets.</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Documentary exhibition 60 years at the Komedieplaats.</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>First participation to the Antwerp Antique Dealer’s Open House.</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Christian Vrouyr joins the firm and undertakes his first journey to Iran, Afghanistan, India and Nepal.</p></div>

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<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>Presentation of an exceptional ancient Kirman (11,00 x 8,00 m)</li><li>Tigrane Vrouyr travels to Kathmandu.</li><li>Reopening of the shop that now spreads over three buildings.</li></ul></div>

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<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Tigrane Vrouyr’s first journey to the USSR.</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Tigrane Vrouyr buys in Iran and Afghanistan for the first time.</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>Tigrane Vrouyr, Norayr’s son, becomes member of the Chamber of Antique Dealers of Belgium.</li><li>Tigrane Vrouyr visits Turkey.</li></ul></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>First participation to the Antique Fair of Belgium (salle Arlequin Brussels).</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Opening of a branch in Brussels, Avenue Louise.</p></div>

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<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>Universal Exhibition of Antwerp. N. Vrouyr rents 1/8th of the surface of the Persian pavilion. The other participants are Carakehian, Vanderborght, Vaxelaire, La Bourse and Boccara.</li><li>Yearly exhibitions (until 1980) at the Campo Gallery, Meir 47, in Antwerp.</li></ul></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Opening of a branch in Luxemburg (Ave. de la Liberté). First carpet shop ever in the Grand Dukedom.</p></div>

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<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Norayr Vrouyr collaborates on the Jewel Parade organized by the city of Antwerp.</p></div>

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<div class="simple-box-description"><ul><li>Annual participation at the Commercial Fair of Brussels.</li><li>1920 N. Vrouyr settles at the Komedieplaats n° 4 in Antwerp.</li></ul></div>

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<div class="simple-box-description"><p>The <i>Armeensch tapijtenmagazijn</i> is founded in the Hague, Anna Paulownastreet.</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>At the provincial exhibition in Saint Trond (Belgium), N. Vrouyr receives the silver medal.</p></div>

<div class="simple-box-description"><p>Norayr Vrouyr joins Carakehian a rug store in Brussels. He is in charge of the stand at the International Fair of Liège.</p></div>