Ballard Collection Of Oriental Rugs

Later he brought an additional two rugs one of which featured the coat of arms of tamerlane the founder of the timurid empire.

Ballard collection of oriental rugs.

A cataolg of the important collection of ballard that is still being used by auction houses and dealers as a standard reference to classical oriental rugs. Denny in collaboration with slam associate curator philip hu and textile conservator zoe perkins. An important addition to the corpus of oriental rug resource material. Ballard collection of oriental rugs opened at the saint louis art museum on march 6 2016 in the main exhibition galleries.

I ship 5 days a week so many items are shipped same day payment is received. This exhibition which will be up until may 8 2016 was curated by walter b. An important addition to the corpus of oriental rug resource material. In 1922 ballard presented to the metropolitan museum of art in new york a collection of 126 oriental rugs that at the time was valued at half a million dollars.

Numerous black white illustrations one color frontispiece illustration very good condition minor blemishes of age no writing or markings. Ballard collection of oriental rugs. Most of the rugs in the ballard collection have never been published in color before so this catalog fills a gap in the literature and at a reasonable price to boot. Most of the rugs in the ballard collection have never been published in color before so this catalog fills a gap in the literature and at a reasonable price to boot.

Many of the images are in b w as was customary at the time but still useful and instructive. I will always combine shipments to save you money.