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Textile Auction at Kerry Taylor London
Many of you will already know Kerry Taylor’s London-based auction house for its expertise in antique and vintage fashion, for which the company is renowned worldwide. Since the ex-Sotheby’s auctioneer started the firm in 2003 each sale has contained a relatively small section…
Skinner Boston's first carpet auction with Lawrence Kearney, 22 March 2014
Skinner, Boston, will present Lawrence Kearney’s first sale as Director of Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets, featuring a curated selection of fine carpets, antique textiles and Central Asian embroideries.
Lucy Upward · 2 min
Fine Persian town rugs in Copenhagen at Bruun Rasmussen’s February 2014 sale
Copenhagen art auctioneers Bruun Rasmussen’s first international sale of the year on 26 February 2014 included a good selection of fine 20th century Persian workshop pieces.
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
Dorotheum Rug & Textile auction, 25 February 2014
The auction 'Oriental Carpets, Textiles and Tapestries' at Vienna's Palais Dorotheum on 25 February 2014 (4pm) offers a selection of pieces from many different countries.
1000 Ways of Seeing: Diverse Art from the Stanley Seeger Collection at SLO
The peculiarly impressive collection of Stanley J. Seeger (1930 – 2011) is to be sold at Sotheby’s, London on 5 – 6 March 2014. The items and works of art span 250 million years of history.
