The Hollander collection of Chinese Minorities textiles
Californian art dealer Thomas Murray launches a selling exhibition of the vast Hollander collection of textile from the Chinese minority tribes
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Phulkari in Philadelphia
A group of nineteen phulkari from the Punjab, dated mostly to the first half of the 20th century, is a promised gift to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and forms the basis of this survey into the genre’s fascinating and complex history
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In Memoriam – W. Russell Pickering
Mike Tschebull writes: When you lose an influential long-term friend, it is sobering and reminds you we are all mortal. Russ Pickering was my entry into the relatively closed world of a club for collectors of antique rugs and textiles, and we have been close for many years. In the 1960s, he was one of… Read more »
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Salvago Collection Ottoman Textiles, Sotheby’s London 26 April 2017
Sotheby’s London sale of Arts of the Islamic World on Wednesday 26th April 2017 includes twenty lots (139-158) of Ottoman and East Mediterranean complex silks, velvets and embroideries from the outstanding collection of Argine Benaki Salvago, grande dame of Alexandrian society in the 1930s and considered ‘one of Europe’s most beautiful women, the toast of… Read more »
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Tapestry, Carpets & Textiles, Christie’s London, April 2017
The last week of April 2017 sees the textile arts represented in three separate Christie’s auctions. First, at King Street on on Tuesday 25th, ‘Noble & Private Collections I’ includes a number of European tapestries, notable among them a 16th century Franco-Flemish Millefleurs fragment. Also at King Street, on Thursday 27th, is ‘Art of the Islamic… Read more »
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Australian War Memorial in Canberra buys Enver Pasha’s ‘Gallipoli’ rug at auction
The sale of the Jacques Cadry Collection of oriental carpets, manuscripts and icons at Mossgreen Auctions in Sydney on 2 April 2017 set new records for sales in Australia and pointed to some emerging trends. Susan Scollay reports: Jacques Cadry (1910–2003) was a Persian-born carpet dealer who pioneered the business in Australia. Founded in 1952,… Read more »
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Austria Auctions 7
Austrian Auctions offers rugs and textiles drawn from several international collections in its seventh sale on Saturday 22 April at 4 pm.
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Textile art in San Francisco
The Tribal & Textile Show in San Francisco has long been a hub for non-western art. Ben Evans visits the show in its first year under new management, and reviews the best textile on offer
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Success for the Vok Collection at Rippon Boswell
The well-attended auction of the third and final tranche of the Ignazio Vok Collection at Rippon Boswell in Wiesbaden on Saturday 25th March 2017 was, like its predecessors, a great success.
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Chintz in Friesland
For people that know, the exhibition of chintz ‘Sits, katoen in bloei’ (until 10 September 2017) at the Museum of Friesland in the Netherlands is a much-anticipated event.
