Rugs and Carpets from The Barbara Zidell Sedlin Family Collection for New York Auction
Published January 19th, 2009
Sotheby’s New York will offer Rugs and Carpets from the Barbara Zidell Sedlin Family Collection on March 3, 2009. The auction is estimated to bring $2/3 million and will consist of nearly 130 lots from the personal collection of Ms. Sedlin as well as the remaining inventory of her gallery, The Ghiordian Knot. The Collection will be on display at Sotheby’s New York beginning February 25, 2009.
Highlights of the auction include a rare and early 17th century Northwest Persian Garden Carpet Fragment (est. $70/100,000); a Karachopt Kazak Rug with spacious design and brilliant coloring (est. $50/70,000); a late 18th century Agra Carpet with an elegant and intricate design, as well as a large ivory Ziegler Mahal Carpet in near original condition, each estimated to sell for $80/120,000. The auction also features small, finely woven Persian rugs for which Ms. Sedlin is particularly known; including a striking Sarouk Fereghan Prayer Rug with a flowering tree of bold leaves (est. $25/35,000) , as well as an extremely unusual item of lothing; a Knotted-Pile Baktiari Vest (est. $7/10,000).
