Exceptional Spring Auction: Art & Rugs

Antique Mohtasham Kashan Rug, 7'8" x 9'7" (2.34 x 2.92 M)

Mid Century French Tapestry Signed by Sonya de Launey, 4'8" x 5'7" (4'8" x 5'7" M)

Antique Serapi Rug, 9'11" x 15'3" (3.02 x 4.65 M)

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Exceptional Spring Auction: Art & Rugs

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1stbid is excited to announce our upcoming Art and Rugs Online Auction, taking place on Sunday, March 26th, 2023. The auction will showcase a stunning collection of fine art and handmade rugs from around the world, featuring an array of styles and designs to suit every taste and budget. Attendees will have the opportunity to bid on a wide range of high-quality rugs, including antique, vintage, contemporary, and collectible pieces. Our curated selection includes room-size Persian and Oriental carpets from the 19th and 20th centuries, top-grade Heriz, Tabriz, Sarouk, Mohtasham Kashan, and Bakhshaish pieces, colorful 19th-century Caucasian scatter rugs, Persian and Turkish silk rugs, tribal pieces of various sizes, and fine European rugs such as Savonnerie and vintage Swedish flat weaves. In addition to our exceptional rug collection, the auction will feature a range of fine art pieces, including paintings, sculptures, and mixed media works by renowned artists. Whether you're an art collector or an interior designer, this auction is the perfect opportunity to add a unique and stylish piece to your collection. The event will take place entirely online, giving bidders from around the world the opportunity to participate in this exciting event from the comfort of their own homes. Our online bidding platform is user-friendly and secure, making it easy and convenient to participate in the auction. "We are thrilled to showcase such a diverse collection of art and rugs at our upcoming online auction," says Victor Mashihi, President at 1stbid. "From traditional Persian carpets to contemporary art pieces, there is truly something for everyone. We invite all art and rug enthusiasts to join us for this exciting event." The Art and Rugs Online Auction will take place on Sunday, March 26th, 2023. Bidding will begin at 2 PM EST, and the auction is open to the public. For more information and to register for online bidding, please visit www.1stbid.com.

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Antique Kerman Rug, 7'5" x 10'4" (7'5" x 10'4" M): In the style of a French mythological tapestry, this finely woven SE Persian city carpet has a design known in several larger and smaller examples. Ours is just right.Against a navy ground with a

0288: Antique Kerman Rug, 7'5" x 10'4" (7'5" x 10'4" M)Est. $50,000-$70,000Lot Passed

Antique Karajeh Long Rug, 2'10'' x 14'1'' (0.86 x 4.29 M): The blue field of this rustic NW Persian runner displays seven characteristic octogrammes and hooked complex abstract palmette medallions, with ecru, green and medium blue accents. The red border

0293: Antique Karajeh Long Rug, 2'10'' x 14'1'' (0.86 x 4.29 M)Est. $4,000-$5,000Lot Passed

Antique Heriz Long Rug, 3'10'' x 13'6'' (1.17 x 4.12 M): From the greater Heriz district in NW Persia, this kenare (runner) displays a central pole medallion of teal, rust and medium blue octogramme cartouches, alternating with barbed, one way palmettes

0294: Antique Heriz Long Rug, 3'10'' x 13'6'' (1.17 x 4.12 M)Est. $4,000-$5,000Lot Passed

Antique Heriz Long Rug, 3'6' x 15'3" (1.07 x 4.65 M): The numerous rugs of the famous NW Persian weaving district, from small scatters to giant carpets and a few runners, in semi-geometric medallion, centralised and strictly allover patterns, on cotton

0295: Antique Heriz Long Rug, 3'6' x 15'3" (1.07 x 4.65 M)Est. $5,000-$7,000Lot Passed

Vintage Heriz Rug, 8' x 11'2" (2.44 x 3.40 M): Pairs of crisp, veined, curled ecru leaves define the allover pattern of palmettes and poles, accented in green, mustard, burnt salmon and light blue. The elaborately developed reversing turtle

0296: Vintage Heriz Rug, 8' x 11'2" (2.44 x 3.40 M)Est. $3,000-$4,000Lot Passed

Antique Heriz Rug, 9'6'' x 13'5'' (2.90 x 4.09 M): This good condition, cotton foundation, moderately coarsely woven NW Persian village carpet displays a characteristic warm red field centred by a navy octogramme with every second point beveled and

0297: Antique Heriz Rug, 9'6'' x 13'5'' (2.90 x 4.09 M)Est. $6,000-$8,000Lot Passed

Antique Heriz Rug, 3'1'' x 4'6'' (0.94 x 1.37 M): The ecru field is centred by a stepped red subfield enclosing a conforming navy and red medallion with a four way ecru focal motif. Medium blue corners with stepped and barbed red surrounds. Navy

0298: Antique Heriz Rug, 3'1'' x 4'6'' (0.94 x 1.37 M)Est. $2,000-$2,500Lot Passed

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0299: Vintage Heriz Rug, 7' x 10' (2.13 x 3.05 M)Est. $4,000-$6,000

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Vintage Heriz Rug, 7'5" x 10'6" (2.26 x 3.20 M): The numerous rugs of the famous NW Persian weaving district, from small scatters to giant carpets and a few runners, in semi-geometric medallion, centralised and strictly allover patterns, on cotton

0300: Vintage Heriz Rug, 7'5" x 10'6" (2.26 x 3.20 M)Est. $4,000-$5,000Lot Passed

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Antique Heriz Rug, 3'0" x 6'0" (0.91 x 1.83 M): The numerous rugs of the famous NW Persian weaving district, from small scatters to giant carpets and a few runners, in semi-geometric medallion, centralised and strictly allover patterns, on cotton

0301: Antique Heriz Rug, 3'0" x 6'0" (0.91 x 1.83 M)Est. $3,000-$4,000

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Antique Heriz Serapi Rug, 9'1" x 11'5" (2.77 x 3.48 M): The numerous rugs of the famous NW Persian weaving district, from small scatters to giant carpets and a few runners, in semi-geometric medallion, centralised and strictly allover patterns, on cotton

0302: Antique Heriz Serapi Rug, 9'1" x 11'5" (2.77 x 3.48 M)Est. $10,000-$12,000

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Antique Heriz Rug, 7'9" x 10'5" (2.36 x 3.18 M): The numerous rugs of the famous NW Persian weaving district, from small scatters to giant carpets and a few runners, in semi-geometric medallion, centralised and strictly allover patterns, on cotton

0303: Antique Heriz Rug, 7'9" x 10'5" (2.36 x 3.18 M)Est. $12,000-$15,000Lot Passed

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Persian Gabbeh Rug, 4'11" x 8'1" (1.50 x 2.46 M): A wide, plain charcoal border frames the chessboard random pattern of squares i red, rust, beige, cream, straw and palest blue. No saturated blues need apply. As new condition with a medium weave on

0324: Persian Gabbeh Rug, 4'11" x 8'1" (1.50 x 2.46 M)Est. $1,500-$2,000

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Vintage Gabbeh Rug, 4' x 5'10" (1.22 x 1.78 M): The sandy field is closely and evenly covered by nine adjoint columns of plain, abrashed octagons in red, rust, green and burnt salmon. Plain umber brown border. Wherever it originated, the weavers

0325: Vintage Gabbeh Rug, 4' x 5'10" (1.22 x 1.78 M)Est. $1,250-$1,500

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Vintage Gabbeh Rug, 4'1" x 6" (1.24 x 1.83 M): This SW nomadic Qashghai scatter employs a clean, open abrashed red ground complemented by an abrashed red border of goats and herringbone plants. Plain sapphire blue outer frame. Naïve, charming

0326: Vintage Gabbeh Rug, 4'1" x 6" (1.24 x 1.83 M)Est. $1,500-$2,000

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Vintage Gabbeh Rug, 4'4'' x 6'7'' (1.32 x 2.01 M): wool pile rugs, usually scatter formats, woven by the Qashghai tribes of SW Persia (Fars Province), in moderate weave, uncluttered geometries and unshaded colours. From about 1900 onwards. Now

0327: Vintage Gabbeh Rug, 4'4'' x 6'7'' (1.32 x 2.01 M)Est. $600-$800

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Vintage Gabbeh Rug, 5'6" x 7'5" (1.68 x 2.26 M): wool pile rugs, usually scatter formats, woven by the Qashghai tribes of SW Persia (Fars Province), in moderate weave, uncluttered geometries and unshaded colours. From about 1900 onwards. Now

0328: Vintage Gabbeh Rug, 5'6" x 7'5" (1.68 x 2.26 M)Est. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

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Vintage Gabbeh Rug, 3'11" x 6'4" (1.19 x 1.93 M): Qashghai tribal piece with all wool construction and moderate nomadic weave, designed in a colour diagonal effect composed of lines of squares. Diagonals break down at one ends as the weavers change

0329: Vintage Gabbeh Rug, 3'11" x 6'4" (1.19 x 1.93 M)Est. $2,000-$3,000

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Vintage Gabbeh Rug, 6'6" x 9'3" (1.98 x 2.82 M): wool pile rugs, usually scatter formats, woven by the Qashghai tribes of SW Persia (Fars Province), in moderate weave, uncluttered geometries and unshaded colours. From about 1900 onwards. Now

0330: Vintage Gabbeh Rug, 6'6" x 9'3" (1.98 x 2.82 M)Est. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

Vintage Gabbeh Rug, 5'3" x 6'6" (1.60 x 1.98 M): wool pile rugs, usually scatter formats, woven by the Qashghai tribes of SW Persia (Fars Province), in moderate weave, uncluttered geometries and unshaded colours. From about 1900 onwards. Now

0331: Vintage Gabbeh Rug, 5'3" x 6'6" (1.60 x 1.98 M)Est. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

Antique Nain Toudeshk Rug, 4'9'' x 8'5'' (1.45 x 2.57 M): This relatively early, Interwar large scatter eschews the usual medallion pattern for a dense allover pattern based on full ivory four palmette quatrefoils and half ivory octogrammes on a deep navy

0337: Antique Nain Toudeshk Rug, 4'9'' x 8'5'' (1.45 x 2.57 M)Est. $8,000-$12,000Lot Passed

Antique Lilihan Rug, 4'1" x 6'3" (1.24 x 1.91 M): A soft rose border of petal and ragged palmettes in dark and light blue frames the buff field with a centralized pattern of fictional flowers and bitonal leaves. The detached floral pattern shows the

0338: Antique Lilihan Rug, 4'1" x 6'3" (1.24 x 1.91 M)Est. $800-$1,000Lot Passed

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Vintage Kashan Rug, 4'4'' x 6'10'' (1.32 x 2.08 M): The crisp red field, with a wide variety of Persian garden flowers, flows around the small lightly scalloped navy medallion with reduced pendants, and is invaded by vases and floral bouquets from

0339: Vintage Kashan Rug, 4'4'' x 6'10'' (1.32 x 2.08 M)Est. $3,500-$4,500

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Antique Lillihan Rug, 5'2'' x 6'4'' (1.57 x 1.93 M): Lillihan is one of the best weaving villages in the Greater Hamadan Weaving Region and specialized in rust red scatters and runners with detached floral spray patterns in the general American Sarouk

0340: Antique Lillihan Rug, 5'2'' x 6'4'' (1.57 x 1.93 M)Est. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

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