Oriental rug auctions in May

Bonhams & Butterfields 11 May
Bonhams & Butterfields auction Fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets will be in San Francisco and Los Angeles (simulcast) on 11 May 2004......read more

Rippon Boswell 15 May - The Pinner Collection
In part I of the Oriental rugs and carpets auction on 15 May 2004 Rippon Boswell is selling the Lesley and Robert Pinner Collection of 110 antique Turkmen weavings. Read more and see the images. Part II of Rippon Boswell major spring sale of collectable Oriental rugs and carpets on 15 May includes 125 lots......read more

Nagel Auctions 18 May
The Department of Rugs & Carpets, Tapestries at Nagel Auctions holds auction with Oriental rugs, carpets and textiles on 18 May. The auction includes 226 antique Turkmen, Caucasian, Anatolian and Persian rugs together with Central Asian textiles. There are 226 lots......read more

Bakhtiari by Lars N. Nygaard

Jozan Magazine has published a new article by the Norwegian carpet dealer Lars N. Nygaard. The article includes outstanding images of the Bakhtiaries and the landscape...read more

Motifs used on Anatolian Yagcibedir carpets

The history of Anatolian weaving art traces back to 6000 B.C. When the Central Asian tribes - who brought along the rug weaving art - arrived to Anatolia, they found a rich cultural inheritance which had existed since the old Anatolian civilizations. The tribes located in the Bergama region of Western Anatolia.....read more in article by Didem Atis 

Malayer carpet 1920
Size 4ft 2in x 6ft Estimate 4.000 - 6.000 USD. ©Bonhams & Butterfields