WikiRug:In the news/2021/17

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  • Nazmiyal Auctions: Session 2 of the sale of a rug collection from a Manhattan rug dealer

Nazmiyal Auctions next carpet sale and live auction “No Reserve Rug Auction Session 2” will take place 16 May 2021 at 11 a.m. in New York. This auction is session 2 of the sale of a rug collection from a single prominent Manhattan rug dealer. All 170 lots in this auction are priced to sell, and there is no reserve set on any lots. The rugs on sale includes antique Persian rugs, Chinese rugs, Anatolian rugs and Caucasian rugs. Previews can take place by advance appointment.

  • Academics in the Greek Archipelago

Francesca Leoni explains how a discovery in the Ashmolean Museum’s archives threw fresh light on an important area of British textile collecting—the acquisition of Greek island embroideries—and led to a new exhibition and catalogue.