Austria Auction Company’s sale in Vienna and online at Liveauctioneers on Saturday 29 September, comprising many excellent lots from the estate of the Swiss collector Theo Haeberli and from other European collections, produced an outstanding result for the auctioneers,
Thursday 26 April 2018 was a very good day for classical-period carpets in the London salerooms.
Christie’s forthcoming sale Arts of the Islamic and Indian Worlds features a selection of 70 carpets from the past five centuries, highlighting the various weaving centres within the Islamic world, from Spain to China.
The Spring Islamic Week sale of ‘Rugs and Carpets including Distinguished Collections’ at Sotheby’s in New Bond Street has been brought forward by one day to avoid a clash with Islamic and Orientalist art sales. The sale, now scheduled for the afternoon of Monday 23 April 2018, includes a further twenty historic Turkish village carpets… Read more »
The London Antique Rug and Textile Art Fair (LARTA) returns to Battersea Park 23-28 January 2018 taking place alongside The Decorative Antiques & Textile Fair
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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.
In addition to a handful of excellent textiles, Christie’s autumn ‘Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds‘ at King Street on Thursday 26 October 2017 has a separate section at the end of the sale of oriental rugs and carpets that contains a good number of top quality, antique collectable and high end decorative pieces. For an… Read more »
Sotheby’s in New Bond Street will soon be the venue for the upcoming dispersal of two collections of memorable antique carpets, assembled for pleasure by British giants in the world of art and architecture.
