International Carpet Auctions Spring 2007

LONDON 17 April

NEW YORK 6 June

ENQUIRIES London Jackie Coulter +44 (0)20 7293 5232

New York Mary Jo Otsea +1 212 606 7996

CATALOGUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS UK +44 (0)20 7293 6444 WORLDWIDE +1 541 322 4151

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Property from a Prominent United States West Coast Cultural Institution A Lavar Kirman pictorial carpet (detail), Southeast Persia,circa 1900 approximately 421 by 322cm., 13ft.10in.by 10ft.7in. Estimate:£40,000 - 60,000 To be offered in our upcoming auction in London on 17 April
EXHIBITIONS USA & CANADA

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FAIRS & CONFERENCES WORLDWIDE

BALTIMORE | 18 April-19 August Meditations on African Art: Colour, Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, MD MINNEAPOLIS| 28 April-14 October Silk and More: Central Asian Textiles, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 Third Avenue South, MN ORLANDO| Until 13 May Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt, Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 North Mills Avenue, FL WASHINGTON| Until 13 May East of Eden: Gardens in Asian Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Avenue SW, DC NEW YORK| 15 May-15 September American Rugs on Beds, Tables and Floors, American Folk Art Museum, 45 West 53rd Street, NY SAN DIEGO| Until 20 May 2007 Tastes in Asian Art, San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, CA SHEBOYGAN| Until 20 May Laced with History, John Michael Kohler Arts Centre, 608 New York Avenue, WI NEW YORK| Until 20 May Glass, Gilding, and Grand Design: Art of Sasanian Iran (224-642), Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, NY CHICAGO| Until 28 May 2007 Stories from the Silk Road, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave, IL GAINSVILLE | Until 28 May Tibet: Mountains and Valleys, Castles and Tents, Museum of Cultural History, SW 34th Street & Hull Road, FL TORONTO| Until 31 May Heaven of Hell: Images of Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Deities and Immortals, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, ON SALEM| Until 1 June 2007 The Moche of Ancient Peru: Media and Messages, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, MA NEW YORK| Until 3 June Flowing Streams: Scenes from Japanese Art and Life, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street CLEVELAND| 9 June-20 August The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1150 East Boulevard, OH GREENWICH| Until 10 June 2007 Native American Baskets, Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive, CT WASHINGTON| Until 10 June Daoism in the Arts of China, Freer Gallery, 1050 Independence Avenue SW, DC BALTIMORE | 15 June26 August Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt, Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles Street, MD PROVIDENCE | Until 17 June Birds and Flowers in Japanese Textile Design, RISDMuseum, 224 Benefit Street, RI WASHINGTON DC| 23 June-16 September Portugal &the World in the 16th & 17th Centuries, Sackler Gallery

The Textile Museum, Washington DC

TIEM, Istanbul

SALEM| Until 24 June Native American Art in a New Light, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, MA NEW YORK| Until 30 June Recent Acquisitions, National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, 1 Bowling Green, NY CHICAGO| Until 30 June 2007 Art of the Islamic World: Unity and Diversity, The Art Institute of Chicago CHICAGO| Until 30 June 2007 Tang China and the Silk Road, The Art Institute of Chicago PHILADELPHIA| Until 30 June Vanishing Worlds: Art & Ritual of Amazonia, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, 3260 South St, PA LINCOLN| 2 July-31 August Quilts of the 1930s, Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, UNL Campus, Lincoln, NE BOSTON| Until 6 July 2007 Tsutsugaki Textiles from the David Paly Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, MA TORONTO| Until 8 July Colour and Light: Embroidery from India and Pakistan, Textile Museum of Canada, 55 Centre Avenue, ON See review this issue NEW YORK| Until 8 July Venice and the Islamic World, 828–1797,Metropolitan Museum of Art WASHINGTON| Until 8 July Red, The Textile Museum, 2320 S Street NW, DC TUSCON| Until 20 July Masks of Mexico: Santos, Diablos y Mas, State Museum, University of Arizona, 1013 E. University Blvd., AZ TORONTO| Until 6 August Ancient Peru Unearthed: Golden Treasures of a Lost Civilization, ROM CHICAGO| Until 12 August Perpetual Glory: Medieval Islamic Ceramics from the Harvey B Plotnick Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago WASHINGTON| Until 19 August Architectural Textiles: Tent Bands of Central Asia, The Textile Museum. See Context this issue ST LOUIS| Until 19 August Chinese Textiles, St Louis Art Museum, One Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park BALTIMORE | 29 August-3 January 2008 Meditations on African Art: Pattern, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive NEW YORK| Until 1 September Midwestern Amish Quilts, American Folk Art Museum, Lincoln Square NEW YORK| Until 3 September Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art of the Papuan Gulf, Metropolitan Museum GATINEAU| Until 3 September Ancient Nomads of Russia and Canada, Canadian Museum of Civilisation, 100 Laurier St, QB BOSTON| Until 2 September African and Oceanic Art from the Genevieve McMillan Collection, Museum of Fine Arts BALTIMORE | Until 7 October NUNO: Japanese Tradition / Innovation in Cloth, Baltimore Museum of Art CAMBRIDGE | Until 31 March 2008 Arts of the Islamic World and India, 900-1900, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 32 Quincy St, MA

ISTANBUL | 19-22 April XI International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC), Swissôtel The Bosphorus, Bayildim Caddesi 2, Maçka-Besiktas See Preview ISTANBUL | 19-22 April XI ICOC Dealers’ Fair, Swissôtel The Bosphorus LONDON| 24-29 April Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair, The Marquee, Battersea Park LONDON| 27-28 April Patrons, Makers and Traders: People and Art in the Islamic Middle East, Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road NEW YORK| 11-16 May International Fine Art Fair, 7th Regiment Armory, Park Avenue at 67th St, NY LONDON| 13 May Vintage Fashion, Textiles & Accessories Fair, Dulwich College NEW YORK| 19-22 May Tribal & Textile Arts Show, 7th Regiment Armory, Park Ave at 67th Street, NY NEW YORK| 19-22 May International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), Jacob K. Javits Convention Center HONG KONG| 25-27 May Asia International Arts & Antiques Fair, AsiaWorld-Expo HONG KONG| 26-29 May International Asian Antique & Art Fair (IAAAF), Hong Kong Exhibition Centre, China Resources Building, 26 Harbour Road NEW YORK| 1-3 June Sculpture, Objects & Functional Art Exposition (SOFA), 7th Regiment Armory BRUSSELS| 6-10 June Brussels Non European Art Fair (BRUNEAF), Various locations DUBAI | 11-13 June Domotex Middle East, Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre LONDON| 14-20 June The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, Grosvenor House, Park Lane SANTA FE | 6-8 July Summer Show, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 1615 Paseo de Peralta, NM ATLANTA| 15-18 July International Area Rug Market, Americasmart, 240 Peachtree St, GA BISHKEK| 18-31 July The Use of Ornamental Motifs in Traditional and Modern Felts, Various Locations, Kyrgyzstan FLAGSTAFF | 3-15 August Navajo Festival of Arts and Culture, Museum of Northern Arizona, AZ SANTA FE| 9-12 August Sixth Annual Historic Indian & World Tribal Arts Show, Shellaberger Tennis Center, College of Santa Fe, 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, NM SANTA FE | 11-12 August Antique Ethnographic Art Show, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe SANTA FE | 14-15 August Indian Art Show, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe SANTA FE| 18-19 August Indian Market, The Plaza, NM

Clive Loveless, London

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