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Kensington Oriental Rug and Textile Symposium 2008- Jozan 2008
Monday, June 1st, 2008
Taking place concurrent with the 2008 London Olympia, specialists in
Turkoman, Balouch, Caucasian, Tibetan and Chinese rugs will be exhibiting.
Venue: 202 Kensington Church St 3rd and 4th floor near to Notting Hill Gate
Tube Station. Dates: Friday 6th June to Monday 9th June. Timetable of Events:
Friday 6th June: Dealers Row 11am-6pm & 7-9pm. Turkoman Clothing Lecture
& Exhibition 6-7pm by Neville Kingston.
See more on this article.
Monday, June 1st, 2008
Taking place concurrent with the 2008 London Olympia, specialists in
Turkoman, Balouch, Caucasian, Tibetan and Chinese rugs will be exhibiting.
Venue: 202 Kensington Church St 3rd and 4th floor near to Notting Hill Gate
Tube Station. Dates: Friday 6th June to Monday 9th June. Timetable of Events:
Friday 6th June: Dealers Row 11am-6pm & 7-9pm. Turkoman Clothing Lecture
& Exhibition 6-7pm by Neville Kingston.
See more on this article.
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Doris Duke's World Record Esphahan- Hali- 2008
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
As anticipated in a preview of today’s Christie’s New York sale, the beautiful and
historically significant Rainey Rogers/Duke central Persian silk rug, probably
woven in Esfahan in the late 16th century, smashed the world record at public
auction for an oriental carpet, selling on the telephone for a well-deserved
$4,450,500 (including premiums), then trebling its high estimate (lot 37), and
surpassing by a fraction less than $2 million the price paid in July 1999 by the
See more on this article
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
As anticipated in a preview of today’s Christie’s New York sale, the beautiful and
historically significant Rainey Rogers/Duke central Persian silk rug, probably
woven in Esfahan in the late 16th century, smashed the world record at public
auction for an oriental carpet, selling on the telephone for a well-deserved
$4,450,500 (including premiums), then trebling its high estimate (lot 37), and
surpassing by a fraction less than $2 million the price paid in July 1999 by the
See more on this article
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Ningxia carpet, China. lot
133. Estimate: £500-700.
Sold for £11,400
133. Estimate: £500-700.
Sold for £11,400
Safavid ‘Polonaise’ silk rug
(detail), central Persia, ca.
1600. 1.70 x 2.31m (5’7” x 7’
7”). Christie’s New York, 3
June 2008, lot 37, estimate
$1,000,000–1,500,000
(detail), central Persia, ca.
1600. 1.70 x 2.31m (5’7” x 7’
7”). Christie’s New York, 3
June 2008, lot 37, estimate
$1,000,000–1,500,000
The Undiscovered Kilim? Thirty years on- Hali 2008
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
More than thirty years after the appearance of The Undiscovered Kilim, the
question arises whether the kilim still remains undiscovered or has, in fact,
been discovered. Clive Loveless, who together with David Black published this
early book of extreme importance for all fans of flatweaves, recalls 23 March
1977, the date of the opening of a kilim exhibition for which there had been just
seven weeks to prepare.
See more on this article.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
More than thirty years after the appearance of The Undiscovered Kilim, the
question arises whether the kilim still remains undiscovered or has, in fact,
been discovered. Clive Loveless, who together with David Black published this
early book of extreme importance for all fans of flatweaves, recalls 23 March
1977, the date of the opening of a kilim exhibition for which there had been just
seven weeks to prepare.
See more on this article.
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Raiders of the Lost Fragment- Hali 2008
Friday, June 06, 2008
For the first time since the 1999 ICOC, the Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan is
exhibiting its entire carpet collection. This private institution, one of the most
important house-museums in Europe, is widely known for its collection of
Medieval and Renaissance Art, but Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli was an avid
collector with a variety of interests. The decision to have the dozen carpets from
the collection occupy, once again, much of the ground floor exhibition space, is
most welcome, and has seen the reunion of a lost fragment from the most
famous of the museum’s carpets, the large Safavid Hunting Carpet dated 1522
or 1542, with its main body.
See more on this article
Friday, June 06, 2008
For the first time since the 1999 ICOC, the Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan is
exhibiting its entire carpet collection. This private institution, one of the most
important house-museums in Europe, is widely known for its collection of
Medieval and Renaissance Art, but Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli was an avid
collector with a variety of interests. The decision to have the dozen carpets from
the collection occupy, once again, much of the ground floor exhibition space, is
most welcome, and has seen the reunion of a lost fragment from the most
famous of the museum’s carpets, the large Safavid Hunting Carpet dated 1522
or 1542, with its main body.
See more on this article
Kilim in two parts, Divle, East
Central Anatolia, 18th century.
Central Anatolia, 18th century.
The Pope Pius IX Hunting Carpet,
Tabriz 1522 or 1542 (detail)
Tabriz 1522 or 1542 (detail)
A Carpet Of Stone Honors Hamburg - Payvand 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
HAMBURG, -- When people think of oriental carpets, they usually don't think of
Germany's biggest port. But Hamburg is the major entry point for handwoven
carpets into Europe and for trans-shipments to America. One third of the world's
carpets move through here each year, along with many more goods from the
East ranging from tea to coffee to computers.
See more on this article
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
HAMBURG, -- When people think of oriental carpets, they usually don't think of
Germany's biggest port. But Hamburg is the major entry point for handwoven
carpets into Europe and for trans-shipments to America. One third of the world's
carpets move through here each year, along with many more goods from the
East ranging from tea to coffee to computers.
See more on this article
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Drawing Oriental Carpet Designs Is An Artform Of Its Own - Payvand 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
BAKU and TEHRAN, -- Long before most town and city carpets are woven, the
design is recorded on paper. The drawing, or 'cartoon,' is what the weavers
follow to create their patterns. And when the designs are complex, preparing the
cartoons becomes an art form in itself. Traditionally, cartoons have been drawn
by hand on graph paper. Many producers maintain that system. Their designers
use colored pencils or paint to create a portrait of part of the carpet that shows
the border and as much of the field as needed to establish the pattern.
See more on this article
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
BAKU and TEHRAN, -- Long before most town and city carpets are woven, the
design is recorded on paper. The drawing, or 'cartoon,' is what the weavers
follow to create their patterns. And when the designs are complex, preparing the
cartoons becomes an art form in itself. Traditionally, cartoons have been drawn
by hand on graph paper. Many producers maintain that system. Their designers
use colored pencils or paint to create a portrait of part of the carpet that shows
the border and as much of the field as needed to establish the pattern.
See more on this article
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RUG NEWS ARCHIVES
Style and Substance- Hali 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
The 2008 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair opened its doors on the 11 June
with the traditional Private View and Champagne Reception. The Fair continues
to exude an uncompromising sense of style, not matched by other London
offerings in June.
See more on this article
Friday, June 13, 2008
The 2008 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair opened its doors on the 11 June
with the traditional Private View and Champagne Reception. The Fair continues
to exude an uncompromising sense of style, not matched by other London
offerings in June.
See more on this article
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Arabesque Mamluk Carpets Mix Perfect Art With Perfect Mystery
Friday, June 20, 2008
CAIRO -- Are Mamluk carpets the most mysterious rugs of all? There are many
reasons to think so. The rugs were created during the reign of the Mamluk
sultans in Cairo from 1250 to 1517 at a time when medieval Islamic art was at
its pinnacle in Egypt. And it is clear that the sultans spared no expense -- from
the painstaking weaving of the rugs’ mosaic-like designs to their saturated
colors and their superb wool.
See more on this article
Friday, June 20, 2008
CAIRO -- Are Mamluk carpets the most mysterious rugs of all? There are many
reasons to think so. The rugs were created during the reign of the Mamluk
sultans in Cairo from 1250 to 1517 at a time when medieval Islamic art was at
its pinnacle in Egypt. And it is clear that the sultans spared no expense -- from
the painstaking weaving of the rugs’ mosaic-like designs to their saturated
colors and their superb wool.
See more on this article
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Natural Dyes Return To Oriental Carpets But Without The Famous Insect Reds
Friday, June 20, 2008
CHAHARMAHAL District, Iran – When Iranian photographer Javid Tafazoli was
walking through a weaving village in the mountains of Chaharmahal va
Bakhtiyari province, far to the west of Isfahan, he saw an arresting sight.
It was a cascade of recently dyed red wool hanging from a tree. In a world grown
used to garish colors, the mellow brick-red shades looked like a startlingly
natural part of the landscape. He snapped the picture and entitled it simply
“Red.”
See more on this article
Friday, June 20, 2008
CHAHARMAHAL District, Iran – When Iranian photographer Javid Tafazoli was
walking through a weaving village in the mountains of Chaharmahal va
Bakhtiyari province, far to the west of Isfahan, he saw an arresting sight.
It was a cascade of recently dyed red wool hanging from a tree. In a world grown
used to garish colors, the mellow brick-red shades looked like a startlingly
natural part of the landscape. He snapped the picture and entitled it simply
“Red.”
See more on this article
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Quest for Carpets Reveals Persian Past and Soul- NY Times- Ian Fisher
Friday, June 20, 2008
Brian Murphy propped his big black glasses up on his forehead, his eyes a few
inches from one of the first carpets he ever bought. Rosaki the cat had left a fine
coat of white fur on the rug, a Turkoman that was otherwise a rusty red. But Mr.
Murphy focused on a little scar of stitching a few shades off the original.
''It's a perfect example of lousy repair,'' he said. Carpet snobs might be horrified,
but there was real pleasure in his voice
See more on this article
Friday, June 20, 2008
Brian Murphy propped his big black glasses up on his forehead, his eyes a few
inches from one of the first carpets he ever bought. Rosaki the cat had left a fine
coat of white fur on the rug, a Turkoman that was otherwise a rusty red. But Mr.
Murphy focused on a little scar of stitching a few shades off the original.
''It's a perfect example of lousy repair,'' he said. Carpet snobs might be horrified,
but there was real pleasure in his voice
See more on this article
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A Carpet's Ride From Mughal India- NY Times- Wendy Moonan
Friday, June 20, 2008
Shah Jahan, the 17th-century Indian ruler who built the Taj Mahal, has always
been considered an important patron of architecture. What is less known is that
he was also a great patron of Indian carpets. This becomes obvious when
viewing two of the finest surviving Mughal carpets, both at the Frick Collection.
They are knotted and were made in northern India about 1650.
See more on this article
Friday, June 20, 2008
Shah Jahan, the 17th-century Indian ruler who built the Taj Mahal, has always
been considered an important patron of architecture. What is less known is that
he was also a great patron of Indian carpets. This becomes obvious when
viewing two of the finest surviving Mughal carpets, both at the Frick Collection.
They are knotted and were made in northern India about 1650.
See more on this article
