Carpets & Rugs
Carpets and rugs are generally categorised as to where and how they were woven.
Their decorative value is sometimes determined by their knot density (the number of knots in the pile) – the more loops, the more intricate the pattern will be – although antique examples may have additional historical interest.
Hand-worked Persian rugs tend to lead the prices in this sector: the most expensive rug on record is a 17th century Persian rug that sold for $34m at a Sotheby’s New York auction.
Phil Taylor’s cool stuff and Turkish delights
21 December 2020A 1930s kilim hand-made in the Antalya region is offered for £2500 at Phil Taylor’s Cool Stuff’s New Year exhibition of Turkish rugs and pottery.
Rugs and carpets move on up at latest staging of London fair
10 February 2020The latest staging of The London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair was marked by strong sales of carpets and fewer big-ticket sales, according to organiser and exhibitor Aaron Nejad.
Runner races to top spot
09 September 2019An unusual offering at the Chudleigh rooms of Michael J Bowman (17.5% buyer’s premium) was this 3ft 11in (1.19m) long Bokhara pattern runner.
Olympia summer fair caters for decorative buyers and collectors
10 June 2019French commode forms good example of selling strategy at long-standing London event
Four works by Francis Bacon worth £3m barred from export by government in hope of keeping them in the UK
29 April 2019The government is hoping to find a buyer for four works - three rugs and a painted screen - by Francis Bacon (1909-92) in the hope of keeping them in the country.
LARTA Fair sales include textiles from east and west
18 March 2019A c.1710 English hunting scene embroidered in deep green crewel work and offered for £1800 by Meg Andrews Antique Costumes & Textiles was one of the stand-out sales at The London Antique Rug and Textile Art Fair (LARTA).
Chinese Ningxia rug stolen from Mayfair gallery
02 October 2018Police are investigating the theft of a Chinese Ningxia rug which was taken from the gallery of C John yesterday.
5 Questions: John Briggs
24 September 2018Persian rug dealer John AW Briggs from Scotland is among the exhibitors at this year’s Northern Antiques Fair.
Buyers dip into the modern movement for design festival at south London lido
23 April 2018The lone swimmer at the Brockwell Lido pictured here appears oblivious to what’s going on alongside the walkways.
Butchoff Antiques teams up with fellow dealers to host evening exhibition of Indian artworks
19 May 2017Kensington Church Street dealer Butchoff Antiques hosted an exhibition of Indian artworks to celebrate the UK India Year of Culture, which was launched by The British Council and the Indian High Commission earlier this year.
Antique rug dealer updates traditional pieces for a contemporary look
11 February 2017Antique rug dealer Joshua Lumley has designed a range of star-patterned rugs based on Persian zilu flatweaves.
The curious case of the paint spattered carpet artwork
21 September 2015A bizarre story of an artist who claimed her old studio sold pieces of paint spattered carpet as her original work has appeared in the press recently, drawing attention to the thorny issue of copyright and false attribution.
The £20m Persian carpet
10 June 2013A sickle-leaf carpet from the William A. Clark collection has set a new auction record for a Persian carpet after selling for $30m (£20.5m) at Sotheby’s New York.
Prayer rug appears at Oxford sale
11 January 2013This Shirvan Marasali prayer rug is part of a private collection of Caucasian rugs consigned to Mallams’ sale in Oxford on January 23.
Bacon rugs: The Third Man emerges
08 October 2012The appearance of a Modernist carpet at a sale in Germany next month writes a further chapter in the tale of two rugs, signed ‘Francis Bacon’, that have been withdrawn from sale in the UK twice in three years.
Francis Bacon rugs remain an enigma after second withdrawal
24 September 2012A pair of rugs signed Francis Bacon, and thought to relate to the artist’s early career as an interior decorator, have been withdrawn from sale for the second time in three years.
The Whytock and Reid era comes to an end
22 September 2004JUST shy of their bicentenary, Whytock and Reid, the Edinburgh furniture makers, were forced into liquidation earlier this year. Foreign competition put paid to a company established in 1807 by Richard Whytock and John Reid that, in its 19th and early 20th century glory days, furnished the great houses and castles of Scotland, often working in partnership with the architect Robert Lorimer.
Country house sale yields another example of cream of Zeigler at £8200
29 June 2004TWO very strong prices, one in Edinburgh and one in London have underlined the status of the Zeigler as the most fashionable of late 19th century carpets. And the £110,000 and £130,000 bid for Zeigler & Co. carpets at Lyon & Turnbull on March 31 (Antiques Trade Gazette 1636, April 24) and Sotheby’s on April 28 (Antiques Trade Gazette 1641, May 29) had one thing in common – both were made with cream grounds.
Why small is beautiful for brown
22 June 2004THE point is often made that so-called apprentice pieces or miniatures will command more than their lifesize equivalents. This was certainly the case with the diminutive oak bureau pictured right, a meticulously made and finely-preserved 16 1/2in (42cm) wide 18th century replica of an otherwise standard Georgian form. Estimated at £3000-4000, it proved the winner on an otherwise difficult day at the Netherhampton Salerooms (15% buyer’s premium) on April 28 when it sold at £6000.
Olympic links make common sense at the exotic Hali
28 May 2004AT its seventh staging, the popular Hali fair at Olympia is undergoing some major changes, not the least of which is a name change. The event is now titled The Hali Fair: Carpets, Textiles and Tribal Art. The duration of the fair has been extended from four to 10 days and it will take place in the National Hall Gallery at Olympia from June 3 to 13, at the same time as the summer Fine Art & Antiques Fair. The fairs will be linked allowing easy access between the two.
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