Nagels auction “Collectors Carpets” will be held 8 May 2007 in Stuttgart. The auction includes 298 rugs and carpets. Preview 5-7 May.
Press Release Nagel Auction
Classic Rugs at the 48th Special Auction of Collectors Carpets Collectors Carpets from the most important countries of origin will be up for auction in the accustomed wide variety at Nagel Auktionen on May 8, 2007. As far as the collector quality and age of the carpets is concerned, this selection is clearly distinct from the goods offered at liquidations of well-known carpet sellers in Stuttgart and environs. The 48th Special Auction of Collectors Carpets and Ethnologica will include considerably earlier pieces rarely found on the free market. These include a Coptic fragment whose pile is in very good condition and which was woven in Egypt about 1600 years ago (dimensions: 30 x 34 cm, estimate € 1,000). Graphically impressive is a Caucasian shield carpet from around 1750, which was acquired in Berlin around 1900 and has since been in private ownership (dimensions: 244 x 154 cm, estimate € 20,000). Sensationally fresh colours are evinced by an approx. 200-year-old tulip Ladik carpet from Anatolia (dimensions: 172 x 115 cm, estimate € 6,000). In the Caucasus, there is still very typical knotting work to be found, as is seen in a green Karachopf Kazak from the nineteenth century. Collectors of Central Asian Carpets will also find what they are looking for at Nagels. There will be some major early Turkmen carpets from the Teke, Jomud and Ersari to be had. European tapestries will broaden the spectrum, including large-scale works with bucolic scenes after David Teniers. In addition, there will be several tall, rectangular tapestries with floral decorations which were once hung “entre fenêtre”, that is, on the wall space between windows.
Selection from the preview.
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LOT: 173
RUG NAME: Kothan
AGE: ca. 1850
ESTIMATE: 4,500 EUR
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: Kothan, Eastern Turkestan, circa 1850. Localised wear, repiled areas, repaired, slightly damaged selvages. Size 327 x 181 cm
LOT: 195
RUG NAME: Sewan Kazak
AGE: ca. 1900
ESTIMATE: 3,000 EUR
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: Sewan Kazak, Caucasus, circa 1900. Partially damaged selvages, fold wear, localised wear, little hole, repairs. Size 220 x 175 cm
LOT: 255
RUG NAME: Bakhshaish
AGE: ca. 1900
ESTIMATE: 750 EUR
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: Bakhshaish, Northwest Persia, circa 1900. Very small stains, overall good condition. Size 178 x 129 cm
LOT: 27
RUG NAME: Ushak
AGE: ca. 1900
ESTIMATE: 1,000 EUR
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: Ushak, West Anatolia, circa 1900. Old repairs and repilings, localised heavy wear, sides not original. Size 374 x 315 cm
LOT: 286
RUG NAME: Yomud asmalyk
AGE: ca. 1885
ESTIMATE: 300 EUR
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: Yomut Asmalyk, Turkoman, circa 1885. Localised wear, minimal repilings, slightly fraying ends, stains, overall still good condition. Size 78 x 116 cm
LOT: 30
RUG NAME: Tulpen Ladik
AGE: ca. 1800
ESTIMATE: 6,000 EUR
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: Title Ladik prayer rug, Central Anatolia, circa 1800. Fraying upper end, little hole, newly overcast selvages, fold wear, overall very good condition. Size 172 x 115 cm
LOT: 44
RUG NAME: Shield carpet
AGE:
ESTIMATE: 20,000 EUR
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: Shield Carpet, Caucasus, circa 1750. All sides reduced, one small slit circa 3 cm, old repiling, localised wear. Size 244 x 154 cm
