In the past year the structure of the top end of the international specialist rug auction market has seen some radical changes – both in the wake of the triumph of SNY’s single owner Clark Collection sale last summer and the very successful follow-up of Carpets from Distinguished Collections in January 2014, and through the… Read more »
Leclere auction house has created a department specialising in carpets and textiles. Located in the south of France, the company is renowned for its expertise and experience in selling exclusive lots worldwide.
Udo Langauer’s second sale of ‘Erlesene Antike Orientteppiche’ will be held at Vienna’s Novomatic Forum at 4.00 pm on Saturday 15th March.
Nagel’s Fine Arts and Antiques sale in Stuttgart, 26 – 27 February 2014, includes two notable German tapestries of greatly different periods and styles.
Friday’s auction of 175 Carpets & Textiles from Distinguished Collections at Sotheby’s New York was an extremely successful event with total sales of $3,985,006.
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.
Rippon Boswell will hold their autumn sale of Collector Rugs and Textiles in Wiesbaden, Germany on Saturday 30th November 2013. The auction is open to preview daily from Wednesday 27th until the morning of the sale.
No Star like a good old Star: The Vanderbilt Indian pashmina millefleurs carpet at Christie’s, London.
Christie’s sale of Arts & Textiles of the Islamic & Indian Worlds at South Kensington on 11 October includes the first Bukhara large-medallion suzani to appear at auction for six years, estimated at only £20-30,000.
The Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds sale at Christie’s, King Street, on 10 October includes a good selection of Ottoman and Safavid textiles among the works of art and works on paper from across the Islamic and Indian Worlds.
