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Carpets & Textiles
From handknotted Persian gallery carpets to Scandinavian rya rugs by Ingegerd Silow and Gunilla Lagerhem Ullberg, textile auctions bridge centuries and continents of craft tradition. French Aubusson tapestries, Swedish flat-weave rollakans, Turkish kilims, and mid-century Scandinavian pile rugs all compete for attention. Condition and provenance matter enormously here. A well-preserved 19th-century carpet can outlast most furniture, and expert auction cataloguing is especially valuable for separating the genuine from the reproduction.