‘Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800,’ at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, to 5 January 2014, is a staggering story of hidden treasures covering more than three centuries of art from all corners of the world.
In addition to the eye-catching Vanderbilt North Indian pashmina star-lattice carpet (lot 50), Christie’s autumn sale of rugs and carpets at King Street, London, on 8 October 2013, includes a wide and varied range of consignments from across the carpet weaving spectrum.
Nagel Auctions, Stuttgart will present a series of five tapestries from the Imperial House of Habsburg, in the Fine Arts and Antiques auction, taking place 9-10 October 2013.
Lot 50 in Christie’s London (King Street) carpet sale on 8 October 2013, the Vanderbilt North Indian star and cross lattice pashmina pile carpet is a former holder of the world record price for an oriental carpet at auction. Now estimated at £1.5 to £2 million, it could easily make substantially more
William Morris once described the Cotswolds, a range of hills in southwestern and west-central England, as “a heaven on earth”, therefore, the Gordon Russell Design Museum, in Worcestershire, seems like a perfect place to hold a textile exhibition, which includes some of Morris’ work
HALI and CORNUCOPIA announce Ancient & Modern: A Prize for Original Research also sponsored by Bonhams, Christie’s and Sotheby’s. The eighth annual grant of £1,000 for a research project to be awarded to a candidate younger than 25 or over the age of sixty.
Last chance to see “Workt by Hand”: Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts”, on show in the Brooklyn Museum of Art till 15 September 2013.
With some items dating back to the 17th century, the sixth major auction of Oriental Carpets, Textiles, and Tapestries, to be held at the Vienna Dorotheum on 24 September 2013, will present a total of 201 lots.
The 9th edition of the Sartirana Textile Show closes on Sunday 22 September 2013. The location of the event, about an hour outside Milan, means that the show is quieter than it deserves to be since the quality of the presentation, material and dealers is of the highest order. The setting in the ancient rice… Read more »
The exhibition ‘Red, White & Bold: Masterworks of Navajo Design, 1840-1870’ is coming to an end on 22 September 2013 at the Denver Art Museum, Colorado. Don’t miss out on the chance to see eye catching textiles created by Navajo weavers during the mid-19th century
