HALI NEWSLETTER No. 465

[View this email in your browser]( Teaming up once again with Nader Bolour of Doris Leslie Blau, Rago/Wright will present an extraordinary collection of carpets at its '20th Century Carpets' live online auction on 7 June 2024. From vintage and antique examples to contemporary designs, the auction features a stunning array of designs collected from around the globe and offered at affordable prices. Attend the preview at 306 E. 61st Street, New York, from 3–6 June, 10am–5pm Monday through Friday. [View the full catalog and bid online.]( mailto:bichler.austria@pgv.at The Austrian Society for Textile Art Research (TKF) and the Forum Textil- und Teppichkunst Basel (FTT) are pleased to announce an ICOC Tour: ‘Carpets and Collections of the Swiss Alpine Area’, held 16–22 September 2024. Starting and ending in Zurich, the route takes in the Historical Museum in Bern and AbeggStiftung in Riggisberg, traversing through Gruyeres, Saint Maurice and Sion to Basel before visiting three private collections near Freiburg in Germany. Above is a ‘Lotto’ carpet, Turkey, late 16th-early 17th century, Musée d’histoire du Valais, Sion, MV 12806. For further information on the tour, [email Peter Bichler](mailto:bichler.austria@pgv.at). If you are a professional buyer of rugs and carpets, register now for COVER Connect New York! The boutique show for leading high-end rug brands is returning to Manhattan, 14–16 September 2024. Hosted by HALI's sister publication, COVER magazine, the fourth edition of the show will host forty dynamic companies, displaying outstanding contemporary, transitional and traditional rugs. New exhibitors for 2024 include Lila Valadan, Momeni, Bespoke Tibetan Carpets and S&H Rugs. [Register now.]( Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen, Denmark will hold an auction of 'Antique Carpets and Rugs' on 11 June 2024 at 3pm CEST, and of 'Modern Carpets and Rugs' on 13 June at 4pm CEST. Preview the pieces from 10–13 June. Of the antique carpets, highlights include a Mohtasham pictorial rug depicting Ahmad Shah Ghajar on horseback, a room-sized antique Northwest Persian Heriz carpet, a highly decorative Tabriz carpet, several tapestries and multiple decorative Chinese carpets. Modern carpet highlights include a wide range of pieces by some of the most popular 20th-century Scandinavian textile designers including Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Anna-Greta Sjöqvist, Judith Johansson, Barbro Nilsson and others. For further information, please contact Henrik Schleppegrel, rug and carpet specialist: T: +45 88181145 E: hsc@bruun-rasmussen.dk [View the antique carpets and rugs.]( [View the modern carpets and rugs.]( Developed in collaboration with Wendel and Diane Swan, who have loaned more than fifty textiles, this show presents artful cushions and bedcovers woven in rural southern Sweden. It is running until 22 September at the American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia. [Find out more.]( Nomadic Rug Traders is offering a selection of carpets, flatweaves and central asian textiles at auction through Theodore Bruce Auctioneers on 2 June 2024 at 2pm. The 215 lots include some antique and rare items, all of which can be previewed on 25 and 26 May and 1 June from 12–4pm. Address: 125 Harris Street Pyrmont NSW 2009 T: +61 (0) 407 244104 or +61 (0) 455 968266 [View the catalogue.]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Website]( [LinkedIn]( Copyright © 2023 Hali Publications, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: HALI Publications 6 Sylvester Path London, Hackney E8 1EN United Kingdom Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Hali Publications Ltd · 6 Sylvester Path · London, England E8 1EN · United Kingdom