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Modern Rugs
Fine Lotus Garden is hand knotted from wool and organic dyes.
11’7 x 14’7
Agra
Vintage Agra is hand knotted from natural wool and organic dyes
9 x 12’2
Aubusson Rugs, French Rugs
Vintage French Aubusson is hand knotted from natural wool and organic dyes
10’6 x 16’1
Chinese Rugs, Peking
The study of pre- 1800 Chinese carpets is a relatively recent discipline. Carpets from Persia, India and the Ottoman Empire were extensively traded from at least the late 15th century; their aesthetic and commercial value has been well understood by collectors since they first arrived in the West. In contrast, the classical carpets of China were little known until the early 20th century, during the final years of the Qing dynasty, (1636–1912), when they began to appear on the international market. The rug scholar, Arthur Urbane Dilley wrote “The advent of Chinese rugs in America was as dramatic as their quick capture of popular approbation. As if the art arrived from another planet, The American Art Association announced the first sale of it in 1908”1. They were enthusiastically taken up by collectors such as Dilley himself, Louis Tiffany, J K Mumford, Frederick Moore, T B Clarke and the patron of modern art and literature, and collector, Scofield Thayer, whose dais carpet is included in this sale (lot 89). As calculated by Michael Franses 2 some 1,650 ‘antique’ Chinese carpets had been offered across 15 auction sales in New York by 1920, when the sales effectively ceased, as the sources of these pieces dried up. Illustrated examples in the American Art Association catalogues show many pieces in pristine condition, but the depredations of time and use have had their effect. Franses 3 suggests fewer than six hundred classical Chinese carpets survive today with the Palace Museum in Beijing having the largest collection, of something less than one hundred, mainly examples from the reign of The Wanli Emperor, fourteenth Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, (1573-1619). In addition there are ‘some sixteen rugs’3 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a similar quantity in the Textile Museum in Washington, mainly from the collection of George Hewitt Myers, with the majority of the remainder held in private collections In Europe and the United States.
Classical Chinese carpets are in the main attributed to the weaving centre of Ninghsia in Western China, which seems to have seen an expansion in the production and availability of its weavings after a military expedition to the area by the Kangxi Emperor, fourth Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, (1662-1722), in 1696-97, during which he asked to see carpets being woven and was presented with several examples.4 Carpets were clearly highly prized as prestigious possessions: virtually all the portraits of the Ming and Qing emperors include depictions of carpets, see König. H. & Franses. M, 2005,5 pp. 19-23, pp.33, 39 for examples. Photographs of interiors of the several halls in the Forbidden City, dating from circa 1900, show how carpets were still being displayed in the palace by that date, see König. H. & Franses. M., ibid, pp.24-25. Carpets were used on raised platforms (dais), on beds, kang, as chair, bench, table and saddle covers, to define areas of importance, provide warmth and comfort, and through their motifs and decoration, create a harmonious aesthetic which integrated their symbolism with the other Chinese works of art with which the royal household, their courtiers and officials surrounded themselves.
6×7’6
Oushak, Oushak rug, Oushak Rugs, Usak Rugs, Ziegler & Company
Ziegler & Co Oushak hand made of natural wool and organic dyes.
11’9 x 14’9
Oushak, Oushak rug, Oushak Rugs
Finest Montecito Oushak Rug hand made of natural wool and organic dyes.
8’9 x 12’3
Ghom Rugs, Silk Rugs
Finest Silk Qum hand made of natural wool and organic dyes. Featuring silk.
9’1 x 12
Qashqai Rugs
Vintage Qashgai hand made of natural wool. As well as organic dyes. Featuring vibrant reds and yellows,
6×8’8
Modern Rugs
Modern Grey rug is hand made of natural wool. Perfect for any home decor. Available in any size and color.
7’9 x 9’9
Modern Rugs
Modern Rug hand made of natural wool. Available in any size or color.
7’9 x 9’9
Heriz Rugs, Ziegler & Company, Ziegler & Company Custom Made Rugs
Fine Heriz Ziegler & Co hand made of natural wool and organic dyes
10 x 13’8
Silk Rugs
Finest Silk Qum hand made with wool and silk.
size: 6’1 x 9’1