In the regular Anatomy of an Object feature in HALI 193, curator Elizabeth Cleland explains the concept behind The Met exhibition that uses the currency of cows to illustrate the expense of tapestries at the time of their manufacture.
Tapestries from the Burrell Collection by Dr Elizabeth Cleland and Dr Lorraine Karafel, published in August 2017, is a richly illustrated benchmark for future research and interpretation of tapestries of the period. Some featured works are on show at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow until 30 November.
Henry’s in Mutterstadt, Germany will hold its 9th International Special Auction of Rugs & Carpets on Saturday 10 June 2017. The 321 lots encompass a wide variety of late 19th and 20th-century Persian, Caucasian, Anatolian, Chinese, Tibetan and Turkmen rugs.
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 »
A selection of oriental carpets, textiles and tapestries, antique and contemporary, as well as tribal art, seen on exhibitors’ stands at this year’s Olympia Fair.
The Art & Antiques Fair, Olympia returns to west London on 27 June to 3 July 2016.
Highlights from the upcoming auction on 11 June 2016 of collectors carpets at Henry’s Auktionshaus in Mutterstadt, Germany
LARTA, the London specialist event for period rugs, carpets, tapestries and textiles, returns for the fifth year to The Showroom in Penfold Street.
The Sydney Opera House have unveiled a bold tapestry by Le Corbusier, purpose designed for the building in 1960.
The annual British Antique Dealers Association Fair is open until 15 March at Duke of York Square on London’s King’s Road. “The BADA Fair represents our aspirational community for fine art, design and antiques, providing an outstanding opportunity for collectors to meet and purchase from some of the country’s leading dealers” comments Marco Forgione, new… Read more »
