Classical Egyptian, Persian, Turkish and Indian carpets are highlights of the new presentation of one of the world’s best-known and most valuable collections; soon to be housed in a purpose built ‘spatial concept’ designed by Michael Embacher.
To coincide with New York’s Asia Week, Peter Pap will showcase around 75 carefully selected antique oriental rugs, at a venue still to be announced (watch this space) from 20-30 March 2014
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has recently opened a year long exhibition of The Nelson A. Rockefeller Vision: In Pursuit of the Best in the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, till 5 October 2014.
After an absence for restoration of almost two years, ‘The Lady and the Unicorn’ tapestries have gone back on view at the Musée National du Moyen Age, Cluny, Paris.
Sotheby’s New York will offer 175 lots of ‘Carpets and Textiles from Distinguished Collections’ on 31 January 2014, making a genuine virtue of the value of provenance.
In signature style, ancient, antique & ethnographic textile art will be juxtaposed with works by contemporary fibre artists Polly Barton and James Bassler.
Views of Peter Pap’s stand at the New York Winter Antique Show, featuring an 18th century Andean Colonial tapestry, similar to the one featured in Auction Price Guide HALI 178.
The Battersea Winter Decorative Antiques Fair is pleasant and relatively low-pressure event, aimed primarily at the mid-level local (UK) antique and semi-antique decorative furnishings market.
The London Winter Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair returns to the tent in Battersea Park from 21 to 26 January 2014.
We are pleased to be able to offer ten HALI readers a complimentary pair of tickets, worth €50 each, to attend the fair and any of the fascinating lectures.
