Upcoming Material Culture Auction

[View this email in your browser]( Two Day Live Showroom Auction: 17–18 June, 11am ET Exhibition: 14–16 June, 11am–4pm ET Day one of Material Culture’s two day auction, taking place from 17–18 June, focusses on collectible rugs, kilims and trappings from an extensive group of North American estates and private collections. With a total of 412 lots organised thematically, the day starts with John T. Wertime’s Minimalist Collection (lots 1–62). This collection features an elegant assortment of Anatolian, Persian, Caucasian rugs and other weavings well-suited to modern interiors. The pieces often showcase open fields and stripes, abundant in natural undyed shades of white, black, brown and grey, in combination with natural dye colours. Among these is [lot 2]( a mid-20th century Anatolian mohair kilim from the Siirt area, which graced the front cover of HALI 213 in 2022, and for which the starting price is $500. Notable examples at the other end of the colour spectrum are [lot 43]( an Uzbek jajim with an inventive configuration of vertical stripes (late 19th century, starting price $250) and [lot 47]( a wild, beautiful and wonderfully tactile Kurdish tülü rug from the Adiyaman area (late 19th century, starting price $500). These examples provide eloquent proof of the adaptability of traditional weavings in modern settings, a fact well-known to HALI readers. If a younger generation of collectors and designers ever needed an opening, this collection offers it: great design, lasting quality, impeccable provenance and relative affordability. Further into the sale, there is an incredible variety of material crisscrossing the many cultural weaving areas, from the Balkans to China. Among the many flatweaves in the sale, Anatolian kilims offer a number of pre-1800 standouts, including [lot 264]( a Central Anatolian kilim from the Alan Garrison Collection (starting price $2000). This piece is clearly the sister half of one in the McCoy Jones Collection at the DeYoung Museum–see plate 64, Anatolian kilims by Cathryn Cootner, starting price $2000. Following this is [lot 266]( a rare early Anatolian saf kilim panel from the George Fine Collection (starting price $3000). Both these examples shine with the sort of colour and evocative patterning that draws people to this category of collecting. Among the older pile rug standouts in the sale is [lot 131a]( a fine early blue field Met Hane Moghan long rug from a private Canadian collection (exhibited in Oriental Rugs From Canadian Collections II, Columbus Centre, Toronto, 1998, and ex Jim Dixon Collection). HALI readers and the public are invited to a catered live auction reception at Material Culture on 16 June from 12–4pm. This event features a special 2pm gallery walk through and discussion with James Opie, author of Tribal Rugs: Nomadic and Village Weavings from the Near East and Central Asia, and Material Culture founder, George Jevremovic. [View the catalogue]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Website]( 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