Christie S Carpet Auction

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Christie s carpet auction.

Sotheby s rug carpet department presents its upcoming auctions and auction results online catalogues and specialists insights. Une passion pour les arts mise en scène par henri. Iconic editorial photographer mark seliger is teaming up with christie s on a new advocacy campaign called radart4aid. This department offers fine rugs carpets and textiles from tribal peoples and villages as well as.

Founded in 1766 christie s offers premier auctions and private sales of the finest art antiques interiors jewelry watches wine and more. Over the past decade we have excelled in this category establishing a number of world auction records for rare and exceptional carpets. Browse and bid online or contact our salerooms in london new york paris hong kong. Among the other works on sale in the christie s auctions which take place on october 1 and 15 are pictures by camille corot and the barbizon school painter charles françois daubigny.

The star of the lot is cranach s lucretia cirica 1526 27 which is expected to sell for 1 8 million. Christie s offers a range of exceptional hand woven rugs and carpets dating from the 15th to the mid 20th century from countries across the silk road and europe. Christie s consultant elisabeth parker reveals why this extraordinary ming carpet is one of the best examples ever seen at auction 10 things to know about henri cartier bresson one of the greatest 20th century photographers cartier bresson bore witness to events that shaped history from spain s civil war to the death of gandhi. In 1989 the carpet was sold at a german auction house for 718 700 then a world.

Hammersmith carpet falls short of its own record may 4 2015 this handsome morris co hammersmith carpet designed by j h. The initiative includes a global auction of seliger s renowned celebrity.