Ballard Collection Of Oriental Rugs

Ballard collection of oriental rugs opened at the saint louis art museum on march 6 2016 in the main exhibition galleries.

Ballard collection of oriental rugs. 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. An important addition to the corpus of oriental rug resource material. I will always combine shipments to save you money. Persian area rugs may be the coziest way we know to add global sophistication to the living room or bedroom.

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. Later he brought an additional two rugs one of which featured the coat of arms of tamerlane the founder of the timurid empire. I ship 5 days a week so many items are shipped same day payment is received.

Our laramie rug is meticulously hand knotted of fine italian wool in a warm palette of coral camel persimmon and ivory. Ballard collection of oriental rugs. Numerous black white illustrations one color frontispiece illustration very good condition minor blemishes of age no writing or markings. 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.

This exhibition which will be up until may 8 2016 was curated by walter b. 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.