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kilims and sumakhs from most of the major carpet weaving areas, as well as Scandinavian folk textiles, many of them unpublished and from private collections.
The European rug auction scene, after its long summer break, gets back in the swing of things.
Results from Christie’s and Bonham’s from day one of Islamic Art Week London, 21 April 2015
The star piece of the upcoming Rugs & Carpets, Ethnographic Art sale at Nagel in Stuttgart on 24 March is lot 25, a Tekke animal tree asmalyk. From the collection of former Stuttgart district Court councillor Burkhardt, it is a new discovery, becoming one of only 14 known examples of this type. An Ushak Lotto… Read more »
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.
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 »
Dorotheum Vienna presents Oriental Carpets, Textiles and Tapestries on Tuesday 16 September 2014, with viewing from 11-16 September.
Nagel kicks off the Autumn rug season with a hefty sale of 369 lots with a variety of consignments from rugs and textiles, antiques and tribal art and the Islamic pottery collection F. J. Amon.
The auction ‘Oriental Carpets, Textiles and Tapestries’ at Vienna’s Palais Dorotheum on 25 February 2014 (4pm) offers a selection of pieces from many different countries.
The Friday afternoon viewing on 29 November 2013 was rather less well-attended than for past sales, but by the opening of the auction on the afternoon of Saturday 30th November, Rippon Boswell‘s Friedrichstrasse saleroom in Wiesbaden was reasonably full. Our impression, confirmed by auctioneer Detlef Maltzahn, was that bidding in the room was stronger than at… Read more »
