Antique rugs at NYICS

August 15, 2016

The ‘Antique Pavilion @ NYICS’ at this year’s New York International Carpet Show will be held from 11–13 September at the Terminal Warehouse (aka The Tunnel), 271 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10001. This newly launched section will include (at the time of writing) eighteen specialist dealers in antique collectable and decorative carpets, and textiles, supplementing the show’s more familiar roster of new carpet designers and producers.

Among the US exhibitors at NYICS 2016 are Jason Nazmiyal from New York Dennis Dodds (Maqam) from Philadelphia, Central Asian textile specialist Casey Waller (Caravanserai) from Texas, DeWitt Mallary from Vermont, Peter Pap, (San Francisco and New Hampshire), John J. Collins and Tibetan carpet specialist Nicholas Wright (East of the Bosphorous) from Massachusetts, Fred Hazin from California, Aydin Oriental Carpets from Maryland (and Istanbul), and Chicago’s Mete Mutlu (Yoruk Rug Gallery). International participants include a strong group from Italy—Alberto Levi and David Sorgato from Milan, and Farzin Mollaian from Ferrara.

Caucasian embroidery, silk cross stitch, circa 1700. Peter Pap, San Francisco at NYICS

Swedish pile carpet, 19th century. Peter Pap, San Francisco at NYICS

Silk and metal thread palace carpet, Ningxia, 19th century. Mollaian at NYICS

Ningxia carpet, 18th century, northwest China. Mollaian at NYICS

South Caucasian rug. Yoruk Rug Gallery,

Baluch rug with kurbaghe güls. Yoruk Rug Gallery

Cay=ucasian rug. Yoruk Rug Gallery

KAZAK rug, 6.1 x 11.10 feet, circa 1875. Dennis Dodds/MAQAM

BAKSHAISH carpet, 11.7 x 14.7 feet, last quarter 19c. Dennis Dodds/MAQAM

Ushak prayer rug, 3.10 x 5.3 feet, circa 1750. Dennis Dodds/MAQAM

KARAPINAR rug, 3.4 x 7.4 feet, 17th century. Dennis Dodds/MAQAM

Wangden Tibetan temple runner, pre-1900, 2’8” by 4”10”. East of the Bosphorus

Tibetan khaden, two reverse swastikas on brown ground, pre-1900, 2’3” by 5’. East of the Bosphorus

Tibetan saddle rug. East of the Bophorus

Pair of silk meditation mats (Khagangma), Tibet, Circa 1900. each 92 x 90 cm (3 feet x 2 feet 9 inches). Alberto Levi

Mughal silk embroidery with flowering plants, India, 17th Century. 130 x 95 cm (4 feet 3 inches x 3 feet 1 inch). Alberto Levi

Silk and metal thread rug with lotus flowers, China, Circa 1940. 215 x 130 cm (7 feet 1 inch x 4 feet 3 inches). Alberto Levi

Chinese silk and metal thread imperial palace carpet with inscription (detail), late 19th/early 20th century. Mollaian

Samarkand Suzani, Uzbekistan, 19th century. 7’8 x 9’3. Caravanserai

Hinggi, East Sumba, Indonesia. Cotton ikat. 231 x 131 cm. An old man’s shoulder cloth or mantle, made in two panels joined together with fringes. From old Dutch collection. David Sorgato

Italian Velvet fragment, 22 c 50 cm. David Sorgato

Kemben, married woman’s breast wrapper. Batik, tulis, executed in Jogyakarta, central Java. Cotton, wax-resist dyeing, early 20th century. 227 x 42 cm, David Sorgato