HALI Preview: LARTA at Battersea Park
HALI previews the London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair (LARTA), now at Battersea Park.
News: Ottoman carpets
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Sotheby’s, Rugs & Carpets, London, 1 November 2016
Sotheby’s dedicated autumn sale of 155 carpet lots, the second since the auctioneer’s return to specialist rug sales in the Bond Street rooms, is strong on Chinese and East Turkestan pieces and also includes a small Ushak Lotto, a 17th-century Esfahan, a Type-C Star Kazak, a Mohtashem Kashan and a signed Zareh Kum Kapı prayer rug. There are numerous… Read more »
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Christie’s London, Rugs and Carpets, October/November 2016
The autumn sees rugs and carpets of note included in three different Christie’s London sales.
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Ballard Rugs Exhibit in St Louis, March–May 2016
‘The Carpet and the Connoisseur: The James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs’ is on display at the Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis, USA, from 6 March – 8 May 2016.
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Rothschild Vase Carpets and much more at Christie’s, London, 19 April
Christie’s spring Oriental Rugs & Carpets auction on 19 April 2016 in London is headlined by an amazing trio of 17th-century Kerman ‘Vase-technique’ carpets that were once the property of Baroness Alice de Rothschild, but there is far more to the King Street sale.
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London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair (LARTA) 14-17 April 2016
LARTA, the London specialist event for period rugs, carpets, tapestries and textiles, returns for the fifth year to The Showroom in Penfold Street.
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Kössl at Schloss Laxenburg
‘Nomad Rug Art in Small Sizes’ opens at Schloss Laxenburg on 9 April 2016.
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Many Happy Returns
‘Carpets and Textiles from Distinguished Collections’ at Sotheby’s in New York on 1 October 2015 is a compact sale – just 194 lots – full of old friends of good quality and provenance.
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The Shape of Things to Come: Oriental Rugs and Carpets at Christie’s King Street
The London autumn Islamic sales are drawing near. In terms of rugs and carpets, this year Christie’s is the main player.
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Hamburg’s ‘Golden Knot’ exhibit ends 17th January 2014
Ending on 17 January 2014, the Motamedi family’s latest exhibition, ‘The Golden Knot’, is taking place within one of the giant neo-gothic warehouses that line the canals of Hamburg’s Port City.
