Textiles & Linens
News about Textiles & Linens
NEW YORK – On Thursday, March 30, Capsule Auctions presents Carpets from the Jim Dixon Collection, a sale of rugs and textiles from the important collector’s archives with select additions. The objects offered in the auction span centuries and continents, including Avar rugs from East Caucasus, Yuruk and Bergama rugs from West Anatolia, and Ningxia rugs […]
NEW YORK – A remarkable World War II-era American flag quilt, a circa-1900 Crazy Sampler quilt, and an 1832 memorial sampler stitched by an eight-year-old will probably land among the top lots at Jasper52’s Americana, Folk Art, and Outsider Art auction, which will be held Thursday, February 9 at 6 pm Eastern time. The sale is […]
NEW YORK – Two Amish quilts, one from Pennsylvania and the other from Missouri, as well as an Adam and Eve-themed sampler dating to circa 1820 will compete for top lot status at Jasper52’s Americana & Folk Art Sale 1, which will take place on Thursday, January 26 at 6 pm Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Now through September 11, the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) is hosting the special exhibition Dressed by Nature: Textiles of Japan. Demonstrating the resourcefulness and skill involved in transforming locally-sourced materials into extraordinary garments, Dressed by Nature features clothing and fabrics made from traditional organic materials, including robes crafted from the Japanese fiber […]