Author Archives: awilkins

Christie’s auction house London, will be holding their Arts of the Islamic and Indian World’s sale on Thursday 25th June 2020. The sale includes a fine selection of oriental rugs and carpets spanning 300 years of weaving. One of the … Continue reading →

Sotheby’s Auction House London will be holding their Arts of the Islamic world sale on Wednesday 10th June 2020. The sale will include fine oriental rugs and carpets, from a  prominent private collection. among this consignment are a number of … Continue reading →

The Austria Auction Company in Vienna will be holding their twentieth dedicated oriental carpet auction on Saturday 30th May 2020. This sale will be devoted to the dispersal of one large and impressive Austrian collection. There are 112 lots ranging … Continue reading →

Rippon Boswell & Co will be holding a two day sale this week, the first day Friday 8th May 2020 will feature 372 lots of rare literature on oriental rugs and textiles. The following day Saturday 9th May 2020 will … Continue reading →

The Austria Auction Company will be holding there Fine Antique Oriental Rug sale on 25th April 2020. The sale comprises of 54 lots, including pile carpets, flatweave and textiles. The sale includes some familiar museum quality pieces from the same … Continue reading →

Rugs & Carpets A Brief History By Guy Schooling For millennia rugs and carpets have been used throughout the world to make any type of abode, no matter how grand or humble, a home. They were originally conceptualized in order … Continue reading →

Arts of the Islamic World and India sale will be held at Sotheby’s auction house London on Wednesday 1st April 2020. The sale includes 70 lots of oriental rugs and carpets, mostly from two private collections. included in the sale … Continue reading →

Dorotheum auction house will be holding there Oriental carpet, rug, textile and tapestries auction on Wednesday 25th March 2020 at their Vienna saleroom. The auction comprises of 230 lots of rare and high quality pieces, including an unusual Persian Malayer … Continue reading →

The Austria Auction Company will be holding there collector rugs and carpet sale on 28th February 2020, at there saleroom in Vienna. The auction comprises of 136 lots of antique and old Persian and oriental rugs and carpets including flat … Continue reading →

Bruun Rasmussen auctions will be holding there two part Spring oriental rug and carpet auction on the 26th February 2020. The sale will offer a selection of antique and decorative rugs and carpets, the highlight being a beautiful room size … Continue reading →