Netherhampton Saleroom, Salisbury UK, will hold their next special carpet auction ‘Carpets, Rugs & Textiles’ Wednesday 9 December 2015 at 10.30 am. Their viewing exhibition will be open for the public Monday 7 december and Tuesday 8 December, both days from 10 am to 5 pm, and in the morning of the sale Wednesday 9 december from 8.30 am to 10.00 am.
The auction includes 451 lots from all major rug producing areas Persia, Anatolia, Caucasus, Turkmenistan, China and more.
Lot 140. Massive Ushak carpet of all over design in a soft palette, west Anatolia, second half 19th century, 27ft. 3in. x 23ft. 2in. 8.32m. x 7.07m. Estimate £3,000-5,000Lot 522. Trensaflossa (inserted pile) carriage seat cover, Skane, southern Sweden, 40in. x 20½in. 102cm. x 52cm. The faded plain weave yellow field with the intials CT above the date of 1702 in inserted pile. Estimate: £500-800Lot 457. Silk wefted floral rug by the Kashkuli taifeh of the Qashqa’i Confederation, Fars, south west Persia, late 19th century, 6ft. 6in. x 4ft. 1in. 1.98m. x 1.25m. Estimate £2,500-3,500Lot 456. Khamseh rug, Fars, south west Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 7ft. 11in. x 4ft. 5in. 2.41m. x 1.35m. Estimate £1,500-2,000Lot 403. Kazak long rug of hexagonal column design, south west Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, 7ft. 11in. x 5ft. 5in. 2.41m. x 1.65m. Estimate: £2,500-3,500Lot 402. Kazak long rug of all over design, south west Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, 7ft. 6in. x 4ft. 4in. 2.29m. x 1.32m. Estimate: £1,500-2,000Lot 401. Karachov Kazak long rug, south west Caucasus, 20th century, 7ft. 7in. x 4ft. 5in. 2.31m. x 1.35m. Estimate: £1,300-1,500Lot 385. Chondzoresk double medallion rug, Karabakh, south west Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 7ft. 8in. x 3ft. 10in. 2.34m. x 1.17m. Estimate £1,000-2,000Lot 381. Kazak small rug, south west Caucasus, circa 1880s, 5ft. 9in. x 3ft. 3in. 1.75m. x 1m. Estimate £800-1,000Lot 333. Carpet by the Ersari Turkmen of Beshir, Turkmenistan, 3rd quarter of the 19th century, 12ft. 3in. x 5ft. 10in. 3.73m. x 1.78m. Estimate £2,000-2,500Lot 277. Melas prayer rug, west Anatolia, first half 19th century, 4ft. 11in. x 3ft. 8in. 1.50m. x 1.12m. Estimate £800-1,000Lot 218. Mohtashem Kashan silk carpet, west Persia, last quarter 19th century, 9ft. 7in. x 7ft. 9in. 2.92m. x 2.36m. Estimate £8,000-10,000Lot 141. Ziegler carpet, Arak (Sultanabad) north west Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 19ft. 10in. x 14ft. 1in. 6.05m. x 4.28m. Estimate £9,000-12,000
