Baluch Flatweaves in Freiburg
The 12th annual Baluchi symposium was held at the Stadtteilzentrum Vauban in Freiburg, Germany, from 5 to 7 May 2017. The talks were accompanied by an extraordinary loan exhibition of more than 60 pieces.
News: Asian textiles
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Teppich Engelhardt at Rippon Boswell, 20 May 2017
The ‘Teppich Engelhardt’ liquidation sale at Rippon Boswell in Wiesbaden on Saturday 20 May 2017 marks the end of an era for what was once one of post-war Germany’s largest and best known oriental carpet dealerships, Engelhardt of Mannheim.
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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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Uzbek Silks from the Megalli Collection in Houston
‘Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats’, an unmissable loan exhibition of some fifty dazzling silk robes and panels from the collection of the late Murad Megalli, is now open at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas until 4 June 2017.
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Uzbek Suzanis, Anatolian Kilims, Persian and Caucasian Flatweaves: The Vok Sale, Wiesbaden, 25 March 2017
The third and final auction by Rippon Boswell of antique Central Asian suzani embroideries, Anatolian kilims, and Persian/Caucasian flatweaves from the incomparable Ignazio Vok Collection is to be held at Rippon Boswell’s Friedrichstrasse salesroom on Saturday 25 March 2017.
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Thomas Murray Online Exhibition: Sumbanese Textiles
A special exhibition of textiles from Sumba, curated by Thomas Murray and drawing from his extensive collection, is now online.
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Rare Ming Embroidered Panel at Bonhams Hong Kong
A spectacular votive embroidery will go under the hammer at Bonhams Hong Kong on 29 November 2016.
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Asian Art in London 2016
The ten-day annual event Asian Art in London, 3-12 November 2016, unites dealers, auction houses and societies in a series of selling exhibitions, auctions, receptions, lectures and seminars complimented by museum exhibitions.
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From the Lands of Asia
An unusual exhibition opens in Canada at the Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History in November 2016.
