Carpets

Tapis au point ras, manufacture royale de Santa Barbara, Espagne, Madrid, vers 1760.  photo Aponem - Deburaux dans la suite des productions de Pierre-Josse Perrot (1700-1750) aux Gobelins pour le roi Louis XV, fond rouge carmin chargé de guirlande de fleurs, décor d'une rosace or sur contre fond beige, dans des rinceaux et ailes de chauve-souris, bordé de cartouches bleu et lavande, dans des rinceaux qui rejoignent des entablements avec draperies et fruits, écoinçons noirs, bordure lavande de masques de lion, rinceaux,... [Lire la suite]

Tapisserie d'Aubusson d'après Pillement. Époque Louis XV. en laine et soie à sujet de volatiles dans un paysage chinois, bordure à l'imitation d'un cadre. (Usures et manques aux soies, rentrayage central). Haut. : 2,93 cm - Larg. : 2,35 cm - Estimation : 6 000 / 8 000 € Vente du Vendredi 16 octobre 2009. Dessins et Tableaux Anciens, Ceramiques, Mobilier, Objets d'Art. Peintures & Arts Graphiques. Libert - Paris. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 10 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris - Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter la... [Lire la suite]

A Safavid silk, wool and metal thread prayer rug is displayed at Sotheby's auction rooms in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) LONDON.- A stunning Safavid rug from late 16th or early 17th century Persia sold for £2,729,250 ($4.34M US) this afternoon at Sotheby’s in London . The rug was purchased by an anonymous buyer after a prolonged contest in which at least five bidders vied for the piece. The price of the silk and metal-thread prayer rug was over 20 times the pre-sale estimate of £80,000 - £120,000. The inscriptions on... [Lire la suite]

Mark Rothko (1903-1970) DARK GREEN AND VIOLET Laine teintée, tapis d'une édition à 2 exemplaires. 197 x 197 cm. Estimation : 6 000 / 8 000 € Vente du Mercredi 17 juin 2009. Art Contemporain. Piasa - Paris

The Pearl Carpet of Baroda, Gujarat, India, circa 1865 The foundation of silk and fine deer hide is densely embroidered overall with a design worked in strings of natural 'Basra' pearls, measuring approximately 1-3mm, and English coloured glass beads. There are on average 78 pearls and beads per vertical dm. (10cm.), and 68 per horizontal dm., equalling a density of c.4,990 pearls and beads per dm2, The total area of the carpet is c.45,670cm.2 Making allowance for the three large diamond filled rosettes (c.440cm2),... [Lire la suite]

The "Jeziorak" 'vase' carpet, possibly Kirman, Southeast Persia, 17th centuryapproximately 270 by 175cm. Estiimate 600,000—800,000 USD TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Warp: cotton, ivory, Z4SWeft: 1st and 3rd shoots wool, brown, grey, blue, light red, green, Z2S, 2nd shoot: silk, ivory, 2ZPile: wool, 2Z, rarely 3Z, asymmetrical knot, open to the leftDensity: 6 horizontal, 6 vertical per linear cm.Sides: not completeEnds: not complete Colours: ivory, tan, light brown, pink, deep red, orange, yellow, orange-yellow, light olive,... [Lire la suite]