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Oriental Rug News Archives May 2008__________________________
- Colours of the Silk Road: Suzani Emroideries from Uzbekistan- Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 - Harmony and Spirit in Navajo
Life- Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Life- Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Turkmen Textile Art- Hali 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Until 17 August 2008, the Historical Museum at Schloss Gifhorn, between
Wolfsburg and Braunschweig in Lower Saxony, is hosting an exhibition of
Turkmen textile art, including pile carpets, flatweaves and embroideries, from
the collection of Dr Karl-Heinz and Gertrud Geib.
See more on this article.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Until 17 August 2008, the Historical Museum at Schloss Gifhorn, between
Wolfsburg and Braunschweig in Lower Saxony, is hosting an exhibition of
Turkmen textile art, including pile carpets, flatweaves and embroideries, from
the collection of Dr Karl-Heinz and Gertrud Geib.
See more on this article.
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Auction Record Set to Fall at Christie's New York- Hali 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
There is every chance that the world record price at auction for an oriental
carpet will be surpassed at Christie’s Rockefeller Center rooms in New York
on Tuesday 3 June 2008.
See more on this article.
Friday, May 30, 2008
There is every chance that the world record price at auction for an oriental
carpet will be surpassed at Christie’s Rockefeller Center rooms in New York
on Tuesday 3 June 2008.
See more on this article.
Lotto rug, West Anatolia,
late 8th century. Estimate:
£5,000-7,000
late 8th century. Estimate:
£5,000-7,000
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Radiating Beauty- Hali 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
This stellar Louis XIV Savonnerie carpet fragment was sold to a English private
buyer for £138,500 ($272,985) on 22 May 2008 at Christie’s in London as part
of the ‘West - East: The Niall Hobhouse Collection’. Previously owned by
Francesca Galloway, who advertised in the second HALI Fair brochure in 1999
(HALI 104, p.144) and then by the London fine art dealer Daniel Katz, it belongs
to a suite of 93 carpets ordered by Louis XIV to furnish the Grande Galerie at
the Louvre, but which were never installed and subsequently dispersed.
Friday, May 30, 2008
This stellar Louis XIV Savonnerie carpet fragment was sold to a English private
buyer for £138,500 ($272,985) on 22 May 2008 at Christie’s in London as part
of the ‘West - East: The Niall Hobhouse Collection’. Previously owned by
Francesca Galloway, who advertised in the second HALI Fair brochure in 1999
(HALI 104, p.144) and then by the London fine art dealer Daniel Katz, it belongs
to a suite of 93 carpets ordered by Louis XIV to furnish the Grande Galerie at
the Louvre, but which were never installed and subsequently dispersed.
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Tribal Hunting in New York- Hali 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
After a promising opening night for many dealers, this year’s New York
International Tribal & Textile Arts Show (15-18 May 2008) was a mixed affair.
Some dealers who had begun with high expectations left disappointed, others
who had taken a more pessimistic view of the market were pleasantly
surprised.
See more on this article.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
After a promising opening night for many dealers, this year’s New York
International Tribal & Textile Arts Show (15-18 May 2008) was a mixed affair.
Some dealers who had begun with high expectations left disappointed, others
who had taken a more pessimistic view of the market were pleasantly
surprised.
See more on this article.
Sumba Island megalith,
Indonesia. Thomas
Murray, Mill Valley, CA
Indonesia. Thomas
Murray, Mill Valley, CA
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World's Currently Largest Rug- IRNA 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Tehran,(MNA) —Iran unveiled what it said was the world largest handwoven
carpet, worth $5.8 million and larger than a football field, to be laid out in a
United Arab Emirates mosque, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. The
carpet, adorned with green and cream colors, was made in 18 months from 38
tons of wool and cotton by 1,200 weavers from three villages in northeastern
Iran, said the head of Iran"s state carpet company, Jalaleddin Bassam.
See more on this article.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Tehran,(MNA) —Iran unveiled what it said was the world largest handwoven
carpet, worth $5.8 million and larger than a football field, to be laid out in a
United Arab Emirates mosque, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. The
carpet, adorned with green and cream colors, was made in 18 months from 38
tons of wool and cotton by 1,200 weavers from three villages in northeastern
Iran, said the head of Iran"s state carpet company, Jalaleddin Bassam.
See more on this article.
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