Antique Textiles, Carpets & Decorative Arts

This upcoming auction presents an extensive selection of estate property, with particular strength in antique textiles, carpets, embroideries and woven arts from Persia, the Ottoman Empire, the Caucasus, Central Asia, India, China, Tibet and neighboring regions. The sale opens with a broad group of Persian, Caucasian, Anatolian and Turkoman carpets and tribal weavings, including Tabriz, Nain, Heriz, Shirvan, Senneh, Khotan and Ningxia examples. catalog_0019R A major focus of the auction is an unusually large collection of 19th-century Persian textiles, including Qajar qalamkars, termeh shawls, Rasht and Kerman embroideries, silk and metallic-thread brocades, and signed Isfahan examples. Highlights also include important...