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100 Kelims, Volkspark Halle
An album of photographs of the opening evening of the exhibition '100 Kelims: The Hamid Sadighi Neiriz Collection' in Halle, Germany, where the century-old Volkspark exhibition hall, part of the city of Halle's Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design , long…
Kilims from the Neiriz Collection at the Volkspark, Halle
The Berlin artist/art dealer Hamid Sadighi is descended from Southwest Persian tribal khans. Until 30 November 2014, the exhibition '100 Kelims' representing about one third of his collection of 19th century Persian tribal and nomadic flatweaves (arguably the world's best),…
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
100 Kelims from the Neiriz Collection at the Volkspark Halle
One hundred exceptional antique Persian, Caucasian and Anatolian tribal and village kilims and other flatweaves from the collection of Berlin artist/art dealer/ethnographic textile specialist Hamid Sadighi Neiriz will be on public display for the first time in the Volkspark…
Daniel Shaffer · 2 minCarpets and Asian Art at Van Ham, Cologne
On 5 December, 2014, the first sale of ‘Carpets and Tapestries’ to be held at Cologne auctioneer Van Ham’ s new location at 2 Hitzelerstrasse, will include an outstanding early 18th century silk carpet from the Tarim Basin in Eastern Turkestan (modern Xinjiang). This rare…
‘A Life in Colour’ at Naziri, Hamburg
Lila Valadan and Weddad Naziri have announced their first exhibition of Persian nomad rugs, ‘A Life in Colour’. From Friday 31st October 2014 at M. Naziri OHG’s newly redecorated warehouse in the Hamburg free port (Brooktorkai 15) they will be showing 64 selected pieces from…
