Oriental rug news and articles
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.
Christies coming auction ‘Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets’ 25 October 2018 in London includes 92 carpet lots. The carpet lots will be sold in the second part of the auction starting at 2pm.