AN auction of oriental carpets will be held at Woodstock Town Hall on September 19.

The stock is from the Eastern Kayam Oriental Carpet Company, which is now in administrative receivership. Eastern Kayam, once the largest oriental carpet company in the world, supplied John Lewis, Harrods, Liberty, House of Fraser and Selfridges. The sale at Woodstock, organised by Village Auctions in association with Bickenstaff and Knowles, starts at 7.30pm, with viewing from 3pm.