Sale Highlights from Sotheby’s Rugs and Carpets
HALI’s Executive Editor, Daniel Shaffer, reviews the results of Sotheby’s ‘Rugs and Carpets including Distinguished Collections’ sale on 23 April 2018 in London.
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Opulent Farewell to Carpets at CNY
‘Opulence’, at Christie’s New York on Thursday 13th April 2017 has a strong focus on 19th century furniture and decorative arts, including 34 rugs and carpets. These are the last such rugs and carpets to be seen for sale at Rockefeller Center, at least for the foreseeable future, as Christie’s have decided that they will no longer offer carpets… Read more »
Nazmiyal Collection at Bonhams, NY
‘An Exemplary Decorative Antique and Vintage Carpet Collection by Nazmiyal‘ on 4 April 2016 was the first carpet auction of any substance at Bonhams in New York in our memory. The selection was broad, with pile and flatwoven carpets both Oriental and European in origin and ranging in date from the late 16th century to the late 20th century…. Read more »
Henry’s, Mutterstadt, 7 November 2015
Over the last couple of years, Henry’s auctioneers in the ancient German Rhineland city of Mutterstadt have emerged as enthusiastic international purveyors of traditional old and antique oriental carpets. Their sixth sale comprises pile rugs, kilims and sumakhs from most of the major carpet weaving areas, as well as Scandinavian folk textiles, many of them unpublished and from private collections.
Nagel’s 40th Anniversary and other September Rug Sales
The European rug auction scene, after its long summer break, gets back in the swing of things.
Rug and Textile Results from Christie’s and Bonhams, London April 2015
Results from Christie’s and Bonham’s from day one of Islamic Art Week London, 21 April 2015
Of Royal and Noble Descent, Sotheby’s London, 24 February
Among the wide range of consignments, including paintings, furniture, silver, ceramics, jewellery, objets d’art, and luxury curiosities, ‘all descending from or with a strong connection to royal and aristocratic European collections’, to be offered in Sotheby’s ‘Of Royal and Noble Descent’ sale on 24 February 2015 is a small group of oriental and European carpets.
The generation game at Rippon Boswell
Rippon Boswell’s major autumn sale in Wiesbaden, Germany on Saturday 29th November 2014 includes more than 260 lots of selected antique carpets, rugs, flatweaves, tapestries, embroideries and other textiles, as well as rare books.
The Opulent Eye auction, Christie’s New York,18 November 2014
On 18 November 2014, Christie’s New York will hold ‘The Opulent Eye’ sale of 19th century furniture, sculpture, works of art, ceramics, glass and carpets. There will be around 70 carpets amongst the 332 auction lots. Highlights include a striking east Anatolian rug with a large ivory central medallion outlined in hook motifs. Consigned by a… Read more »
The London autumn 2014 carpet and textile sales
There was a distinctly autumnal feel about the recent London sales season, at least as far as antique rugs and textiles were concerned. Although the main action, at Christie’s King Street on Tuesday 7th October 2014, yielded £1,513,375 ($2,435,020), representing 59% sold by lot and 69% by value, the auction took place in a saleroom… Read more »
