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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…
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…
Daniel Shaffer · 2 min
Carpets and Islamic Art at the MIA, Doha
'Imperial Threads: Motifs and Artisans from Turkey, Iran and India’, the current exhibition at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar (15 March–4 November 2017), brings a new perspective to the MIA’s remarkable permanent collection.
Daniel Shaffer · 2 min
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.
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.
