Oriental rug news and articles
Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers will hold their 70 years anniversary auction including carpets 28 November 2018 in Bredgade, Copenhagen. Their preview is open for the public 22-26 November 2018. Among the highlights is a 16th/17th century Turkish Ushak medallion carpet, an arch design Kashan Mothashem carpet and a Kashan Tafazoli souf silk rug.
Rippon Boswell ‘Major Autumn Auction’ with collectable rugs will take place Saturday 17 November 2018 at 3 p.m. The auction includes 273 antique rugs and textiles. The top lot of this auction is lot 166, a ca. 1800 Shakhrisyabz Suzani with an estimate of 48,000 – 55,000 EUR.
The International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC) and The Austrian Society for Textile-Art Research (TKF) have arranged a tour ‘Carpets and Collections of the Alpine Area’ in September 2019. ‘The tour is developing nicely and we will be able to offer five special exhibitions for this event’ says Peter Bichler, ICOC, to Jozan Magazine.
This years Istanbul Carpet Week will take place Thursday 25 October to Sunday 28 October 2018. The event includes Istanbul Rug Show, Istanbul International Carpet Conference, The 12th National Carpet Design Contest and also a reception and exhibition of Anatolian kilims from Vakiflar Kilim Museum at the newly restored Istanbul Carpet Museum.