Christie’s ‘Connoisseur’s Eye’ sale at Rockefeller Center in New York on 20 May 2014 includes a selection of 66 Oriental carpets, mainly larger size high quality Persian decoratives, but with a sprinkling of collectables, fine silks and worn but still beautiful classical carpets. Many of the carpets come from private collections, including the those of Dustin Hoffman,… Read more »
The annual auction of Arts of the American West is happening at Sotheby’s, New York on 21 May 2014.
Among the European auction houses with 2014 spring season sales including rugs and textiles were Udo Langauer’s Austria Auction Company’s ‘Fine Antique Oriental Rugs I’, Nagel ‘Collector Carpets and Ethnologia’ and Leclere Auctions in the city of Marseilles.
Christie’s Islamic Art Week returns next week, alongside a hefty rug sale are two more Islamic art sales taking place on 10 & 11 April 2014.
Approximately 320 lots will be included inArthur Millner’s forthcoming online auction from 7 – 10 April 2014 at 25 Blythe Road.
Sotheby’s sale of Arts of the Islamic World on 9 April 2014, will offer a variety of pieces originating from lands under Islamic patronage over 1400 years.
This year’s Orientalist sale will take place during Islamic Art Week at Sotheby’s on 8 April 2014, with viewing taking place 4 – 8 April
The late Ian Bennett’s swansong as a carpet cataloguer at Netherhampton Auctions was this enigmatic but evidently very old fragment of Asian woollen flatweave, with animal-style iconography akin to that associated with early Steppe art.
Many of you will already know Kerry Taylor’s London-based auction house for its expertise in antique and vintage fashion, for which the company is renowned worldwide. Since the ex-Sotheby’s auctioneer started the firm in 2003 each sale has contained a relatively small section of quality textiles, alongside the amazing array of couture-wear. However, the upcoming… Read more »
Skinner, Boston, will present Lawrence Kearney’s first sale as Director of Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets, featuring a curated selection of fine carpets, antique textiles and Central Asian embroideries.
