Luxuriate in The Finest Weaves luxury rugs at Jasper52’s Dec. 12 sale

Bijar tomato-red square rug, estimated at $24,000-$29,000 at Jasper52.

NEW YORK — Step into a world of fine threads and intricate designs, where every rug is a testament to the skillful hands and creative vision of master weavers. The Finest Weaves at Jasper52, taking place Tuesday, December 12, offers premium rugs that embody the perfect fusion of tradition and innovation, blending age-old techniques with contemporary aesthetics. View the complete catalog now exclusively at LiveAuctioneers.

Imagine this pre-1900 vegetable-dye Sultanabad Ziegler large Persian rug in the home or office. Measuring 17ft by 10ft 9in and made in Persia (modern-day Iran), the rug is 100% wool and is hand-knotted. In very good, evenly low pile condition, the lot is estimated at $38,000-$46,000.

Antique Kashan rugs are considered some of the finest Persian rugs ever created. This 100% wool Kashan Mohtasham Persian dates to the 19th century and measures 6ft 10in by 4ft 9in. It carries an estimate of $33,000-$40,000.

Dated to 1910, this Bijar tomato-red square rug measures 12ft 5in by 13ft 9in and was knotted during the course of months using the Kurdish weaving technique that makes Bijars last for more than 200 years while also holding up to regular use. Known as the “iron rugs of Persia,” this Bijar would make a wonderful and lasting impact on any room. It is estimated at $24,000-$29,000.

Sultanabad Ziegler Persian rug, estimated at $38,000-$46,000 at Jasper52.

Sultanabad Ziegler Persian rug, estimated at $38,000-$46,000 at Jasper52.

Kashan Mohtasham Persian rug, estimated at $33,000-$40,000 at Jasper52.

Kashan Mohtasham Persian rug, estimated at $33,000-$40,000 at Jasper52.

Bijar tomato-red square rug, estimated at $24,000-$29,000 at Jasper52.

Bijar tomato-red square rug, estimated at $24,000-$29,000 at Jasper52.

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Ethnographic art and textiles soared high above their estimates at Material Culture

Antique Tibetan Thangka of Kurukulla, which sold for $9,000 ($11,700 with buyer’s premium) at Material Culture.

PHILADELPHIA — Collectors of ethnographic art and textiles showed up in force for Material Culture’s Across Time and Culture sale on September 28, with key items selling far in excess of their estimates. Complete results are available at LiveAuctioneers.

The auction featured a wide range of ethnographic, ancient, Asian and textile arts from across the globe. The star lot of the day was described as an “antique” Tibetan thangka, or Buddhist religious painting on silk. It depicted Kurukulla, also known as Red Tara, the Cupid of Tibetan Buddhism. Measuring 25 by 16in, it was estimated at $500-$1,000, but bidders thought otherwise, driving the final hammer to $9,000 ($11,700 with buyer’s premium).

The Dayaks are the indigenous people of Borneo, who live along the rivers and in the hills of the interior of the island. Two items with Dayak origins soared above their estimates. The first was a pair of carved and painted Dayak wooden shields. Both around 50in in height, the pair sold for $8,000 ($10,400 with buyer’s premium) against an estimate of $500-$1,000.

A Dayak women’s work board featuring a protective spirit face carved in relief was estimated at $1,000-$2,000 but hammered for $7,500 ($9,750 with buyer’s premium).

Dated to about 1820, an Armenian embroidered textile measuring 31in square also overperformed, hammering at $6,000 ($7,800 with buyer’s premium) against an estimate of $500-$1,000.

Antique Tibetan Thangka of Kurukulla, which sold for $9,000 ($11,700 with buyer’s premium) at Material Culture.

Antique Tibetan Thangka of Kurukulla, which sold for $9,000 ($11,700 with buyer’s premium) at Material Culture.

Two Dayak painted shields, which sold for $8,000 ($10,400 with buyer’s premium) at Material Culture.

Two Dayak painted shields, which sold for $8,000 ($10,400 with buyer’s premium) at Material Culture.

Dayak women's work board, which sold for $7,500 ($9,750 with buyer’s premium) at Material Culture.

Dayak women's work board, which sold for $7,500 ($9,750 with buyer’s premium) at Material Culture.

Circa-1820 Armenian embroidered textile, which sold for $6,000 ($7,800 with buyer’s premium) at Material Culture.

Circa-1820 Armenian embroidered textile, which sold for $6,000 ($7,800 with buyer’s premium) at Material Culture.

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Jim Bunte

Jim Bunte has worked in editorial, design and the toy and auction industries for more than 30 years. He co-founded Auction Central News in 2007.

Stories told in stitchery at Folk Art Museum’s quilt exhibit

Carl Klewicke (1835–1913), original design quilt, Corning, New York, circa 1907. Pieced silk, faille, taffeta and satin, 60 by 72 1/2in. American Folk Art Museum, New York, Museum purchase, 2012.1.1. Image courtesy American Folk Art Museum. Photo by Gavin Ashworth.
Carl Klewicke (1835–1913), original design quilt, Corning, New York, circa 1907. Pieced silk, faille, taffeta and satin, 60 by 72 1/2in. American Folk Art Museum, New York, Museum purchase, 2012.1.1. Image courtesy American Folk Art Museum. Photo by Gavin Ashworth.
Carl Klewicke (1835–1913), original design quilt, Corning, New York, circa 1907. Pieced silk, faille, taffeta and satin, 60 by 72 1/2in. American Folk Art Museum, New York, Museum purchase, 2012.1.1. Image courtesy American Folk Art Museum. Photo by Gavin Ashworth.

NEW YORK (AP) – From simple geometric shapes to the intricately wrought details of daily life, the quilt designs in a show now running at the American Folk Art Museum show how powerfully this art form has told stories for centuries and been a vehicle for creativity.

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Jean Lurcat masterpiece headlines 1stbid fine rugs auction, May 21

Untitled, signed mid-century tapestry by the legendary French artist Jean Lurcat, estimated at $35,000-$40,000
Untitled, signed mid-century tapestry by the legendary French artist Jean Lurcat, estimated at $35,000-$40,000

Untitled, signed mid-century tapestry by the legendary French artist Jean Lurcat, estimated at $35,000-$40,000

WASHINGTON – 1stbid, a leading auction house specializing in fine rugs, will hold a sale on Sunday, May 21 with the bold title of The Ultimate Auction of Antique Rugs and Art. Consisting of 239 lots and commencing at at 2 pm Eastern time, the auction will provide the opportunity to bid on a wide range of choice and unique rugs from around the world. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Choice rugs & textiles from leading collector at Capsule Auctions, March 30

Bergama fragmentary rug, estimated at $1,000-$2,000
Bergama fragmentary rug, estimated at $1,000-$2,000
Bergama fragmentary rug, estimated at $1,000-$2,000

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 from West China. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Colonial Williamsburg readies two shows of historic textiles

Log cabin show quilt, Geneva Luela Richards Graves (1862-1915), Hampshire County, Massachusetts, circa 1890, silks, metal bangles, wool, silk and metallic fringe and cotton foundation. Gift of Karen W. Cox, 2020.609.5
Log cabin show quilt, Geneva Luela Richards Graves (1862-1915), Hampshire County, Massachusetts, circa 1890, silks, metal bangles, wool, silk and metallic fringe and cotton foundation. Gift of Karen W. Cox, 2020.609.5
Log cabin show quilt, Geneva Luela Richards Graves (1862-1915), Hampshire County, Massachusetts, circa 1890, silks, metal bangles, wool, silk and metallic fringe and cotton foundation. Gift of Karen W. Cox, 2020.609.5

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Two new textile exhibitions will open at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg on December 3, and are sure to delight museum visitors. Stitched in Time: American Needlework, an exhibition of nearly 60 examples of bedrugs, whitework, embroidered hand towels, quilted petticoats, samplers, mourning and commemorative needlework, crewelwork, needlework with religious and geographical influences as well as sewing accessories, will remain on view through January 2, 2025 at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum. Additionally, an entirely new rotation of objects in the popular exhibition The Art of the Quilter that opened in 2021 will feature 15 pieces, 12 of which are recent acquisitions that have never before been displayed. This configuration of the exhibition, which will remain on view through August 2023 at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, will include 11 large quilts, one woven coverlet and three doll-size quilts that tell stories about people from America’s past and the societies in which they lived.

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Ming Imperial dragon carpet set saleroom ablaze at Skinner

Ming Imperial dragon carpet, $324,500. Image courtesy of Skinner
Ming Imperial dragon carpet, $324,500. Image courtesy of Skinner
Ming Imperial dragon carpet, $324,500. Image courtesy of Skinner

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Skinner Auctioneers presented its initial sale from the the Jim Dixon collection, commanding widespread interest beyond the centerpiece Ming Imperial dragon carpet. The May 4 auction represented the first of several planned sales from the lifetime accruals of Jim Dixon, a passionate antiquarian and outsized figure in the world of fine woven textiles who passed away in 2020. Sales for both the live May 4 auction and a late April-early May online auction together reached $1,375,805.

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Jan. 27 auction uncovers fine American quilts, textiles

1850s whig rose quilt, est. $1,500-$2,000
1850s whig rose quilt, est. $1,500-$2,000

1850s whig rose quilt, est. $1,500-$2,000

NEW YORK – On Thursday, January 27, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will conduct an auction of Americana: Quilts and Textiles. Its 172 lots have been curated by the unimpeachable Clifford Wallach, an expert in tramp art, folk art and Americana. Selections include an 1850s whig rose quilt with a vine border; Amish quilts, including one with a Baskets of Chips pattern and also a matched pair with a 1932-1933 date; several schoolgirl needlework samplers; hooked rugs; a 1930s quilt with a stunning graphic of a sunburst; an 1860s goose tracks pattern quilt; an 1890s quilt with a drunkard’s path pattern; an 1850s red and green quilt; an 1870s medallion sampler quilt; a 1940s Star of Bethlehem quilt; and a mid-century modern kaleidoscope quilt, among many others. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Quilts and textiles featured in Jasper52’s Nov. 18 Americana auction

Antique red and white Princess Feather quilt, est. $1,500-$2,000
Antique red and white Princess Feather quilt, est. $1,500-$2,000
Antique red and white Princess Feather quilt, est. $1,500-$2,000

NEW YORK – On Thursday, November 18, starting at 6pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will conduct a sale of Americana Quilts & Textiles. The 160-lot auction offers a wide array of traditional and intricately patterned quilts and textiles, among them a circa-1910s patriotic quilt in red, white and blue; an antique indigo blue and white Delectable Mountains quilt; a circa 1920s-1930s blue and white Drunkard’s Path pattern quilt; a circa-1880s or -1890s cotton Mennonite strip stars quilt; an antique red and white Princess Feather quilt; a circa-1915-1920 Ohio Amish Friendship Quilt; as well as needlework, rugs and carpets, cloth dolls, antique garments, and even a silk Victorian top hat made in France. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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