Nazmiyal Antique Rug Collection at Bonhams, New York, 4 April 2016

March 9, 2016

The Nazmiyal Collection at Bonhams

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Highlights from the Nazmiyal Collection to be sold at Bonhams New York on 4 April 2016

Lot 1151 AN OTTOMAN CAIRENE LONG CARPET Cairo, Egypt size approximately 11ft. 9in. x 21ft. 6in. US$ 100,000 – 200,000 £70,000 – 140,000

Lot 1120 A KERMAN VASE CARPET Southeast Persia size approximately 11ft. 5in. x 20ft. 2in. US$ 300,000 – 500,000 £210,000 – 350,000

Lot 1087 A KHOTAN CARPET Turkestan size approximately 11ft. 3in. x 19ft. 6in. US$ 40,000 – 60,000 £28,000 – 42,000

Lot 1116 A MUGHAL RUG India size approximately 2ft. 11in. x 3ft. 11in. US$ 15,000 – 25,000 £11,000 – 18,000

Lot 1157 AN ART DECO CARPET INSPIRED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT India size approximately 12ft. 7in. x 18ft. 7in. US$ 70,000 – 100,000 £49,000 – 70,000

LOT 1150 A ZEIGLER SULTANABAD CARPET FROM THE ESTATE OF SIGMUND FREUD Central Persia size approximately 12ft. 9in. x 16ft. 7in. US$ 80,000 – 120,000 £56,000 – 84,000

Lot 1111 A SILK KASHAN JUDAICA RUG Central Persia size approximately 4ft. 4in. x 6ft. 9in. US$ 30,000 – 50,000 £21,000 – 35,000

Lot 1086 A KONYA RUG Central Turkey size approximately 5ft. 5in. x 6ft. 1in. US$ 20,000 – 35,000 £14,000 – 25,000

Jason Nazmiyal is one of the mainstays of the antique decorative carpet market in the USA. The Nazmiyal Collection  is one of the few showrooms in New York’s  traditional rug district around East 32nd Street that still focuses exclusively on antique weavings.

While many businesses in the neighbourhood have become involved in new production, Nazmiyal has remained true to the antique rugs for which he maintains the same passion as when he first set up in business back in 1980. On 4 April at Bonhams New York saleroom at 580 Madison Avenue, 167 antique and vintage carpets from the Nazmiyal Collection will be offered in an auction entitled An exemplary decorative antique and vintage carpet collection by Nazmiyal.

The offering covers the range of material that one might hope to find with a leading Manhattan dealer, but there are also some unexpected surprises for collectors such as a 17th century Kerman Vase carpet (lot 1120), a reasonably priced Mughal shrub carpet fragment (lot 1116) as well as a number of Caucasian rugs and suzanis. In many cases the estimates have been kept relatively accessible, perhaps most notably on a well-known white-ground Ziegler carpet that was once in the study of Sigmund Freud’s house in Hamsptead (lot 1150, estimate £56-80,000). To view the catalogue or to bid online please visit Bonhams

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