Alexander triumphs in London
Bucking the general market trend, the dedicated carpet sale of 154-lots offered at Sotheby’s New Bond Street’s on 7 November 2017 was one of the most exciting and successful rug auctions seen in London in recent years.
Bucking the general market trend, the dedicated carpet sale of 154-lots offered at Sotheby’s New Bond Street’s on 7 November 2017 was one of the most exciting and successful rug auctions seen in London in recent years.
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Henry’s sale on 9 December 2017 has almost 350 lots with a good offering of antique Tibetan and Chinese rugs among the semi-antique and antique furnishing carpets and rugs that represent the bulk of the sale.
The 5th International Symposium on Azerbaijani Carpets (ISAC 2017) took place on 17-20 October 2017 in Baku. The programme was ambitious, with three days of lectures, museum exhibitions and numerous cultural events.
In the regular Anatomy of an Object feature in HALI 193, curator Elizabeth Cleland explains the concept behind The Met exhibition that uses the currency of cows to illustrate the expense of tapestries at the time of their manufacture.
This year’s Antique Rug and Textile Show in San Francisco was held at the newly renovated Greenwich Inn, a 1950’s era motel at 2055 Steiner Street, 27-29 October. Emma Gardner reports.
In late September 2017, the great and good of the Islamic art world gathered in Toronto for a programme of events to celebrate the opening of the exhibition ‘Arts of the East’ at the Aga Khan Museum, featuring loans from the Bruschettini Collection.