This autumn, in addition to the full range of antique Islamic and Indian works of Art, including textiles, Bonhams’ major Bond Street sale on Tuesday 8th October also offers a small number (20 lots only) of oriental carpets for the first time.
In addition to the eye-catching Vanderbilt North Indian pashmina star-lattice carpet (lot 50), Christie’s autumn sale of rugs and carpets at King Street, London, on 8 October 2013, includes a wide and varied range of consignments from across the carpet weaving spectrum.
Nagel Auctions, Stuttgart will present a series of five tapestries from the Imperial House of Habsburg, in the Fine Arts and Antiques auction, taking place 9-10 October 2013.
Lot 50 in Christie’s London (King Street) carpet sale on 8 October 2013, the Vanderbilt North Indian star and cross lattice pashmina pile carpet is a former holder of the world record price for an oriental carpet at auction. Now estimated at £1.5 to £2 million, it could easily make substantially more
With some items dating back to the 17th century, the sixth major auction of Oriental Carpets, Textiles, and Tapestries, to be held at the Vienna Dorotheum on 24 September 2013, will present a total of 201 lots.
Udo Langauer’s Austria Auction Company’s inaugural sale at the Novomatic Forum in Friedrichstraße on September 21, 2013 has a number of worthy collector carpets among the 200 plus lots on offer.
The first sale organised by Udo Langauer’s new Austria Auction Company (AAC) will take place in downtown Vienna on 21 September 2013 at 4 pm, at Novomatic Forum in Friedrichstraße. The inaugural consignment will include between 180 and 200 high quality collectable antique rugs, kilims and textiles, ranging in date from the 16th century to the 20th.
Nagel Auktionen’s sale in Stuttgart of Rugs, Carpets and Ethnographic Art on 10 September 2013 includes a full and varied complement of Turkish, Persian, Caucasian, Turkmen, Indian, Chinese and East Turkestan weavings
Material Culture in Philadelphia offers visitors a unique sample on its old and new rugs and textiles on the 4th July weekend at huge discounts
Timed to coincide with the last day of the London Masterpiece Fair, Sotheby’s prestigious evening sale on 3 June 2013 of Treasures, Princely Taste, consisting of 49 well-provenanced works of art from the Renaissance to the 20th century, totalled £9,218,850. Among the successful lots were two well-known Classical period Oriental carpets consigned by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection.
