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Click here to subscribeCHARLES W. Jacobsen. 'Oriental Rugs A Complete Guide,' twelfth printing, original cloth, unclipped dj, card slip, Charles E. Tuttle & Company, 1972; VOLKMAR GANTZHORN. 'The Christian Oriental Carpet,' original cloth, unclipped dj, Benedikt Taschen, 1991; With six other books on carpets and textiles. (8)
A 1960s Persian Koum or Kum carpet of red, salmon pink, blue and oatmeal colours, the central diamond trellis patterned field decorated with foliate panels, all within repeat pattern borders detailed with birds and rabbits, 325cm x 236cm, complete with original purchase tag, certificate and receipt, dated 14th February 1964.
A collection of 20thC blue and white pottery carpet bowls, decorated with scrolls and flowers, 11cm diameter, decorated with flowers, 8cm diameter, decorated with scroll flowers, 10cm diameter, decorated with flower head, 8cm diameter, decorated with flowers and scrolls, 9cm diameter, and decorated with flowers, 5cm diameter. (6)
Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch 1659-1722- Portrait of Adriaen Paets, half-length, seated in a landscape, with his right arm resting on a carpet; oil on canvas, 49.5 x 40 cm. Provenance: The estate of the late designer Anthony Powell. Literature: O. Ydema, 'Carpets and Their Datings in Netherlandish Paintings, 1540-1700', Antique Collectors' Club, 1999, p.107, fig.110 (illustrated) (listed as whereabouts unknown). Note: Adriaen Paets (1631-86) was a director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company. His portrait was also painted by Adriaen van der Werff’s younger brother and principal studio assistant Pieter van der Werff (1695-1722) as part of a series of portraits of the directors of the Rotterdam Chamber of the Company. The portrait is currently held at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam [SK-A-4511], https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/SK-A-4511. The present work is certainly familiar with Van der Werff's oeuvre: a half-length figure, with one arm leaning, and with a landscape beyond (see, for example, the Portrait of Cornelis Gerard Fagel of 1694 in the Goltziusmuseum, Venlo, or the Portrait of a gentleman in a silk gown of 1685 in the National Gallery, London). Characteristic also is the artist's concentration on the rendition of texture and surface, which strongly connects his style with the Leiden fijnschilders, and besides possesses a distinctive elegance that is drawn not only from the fine fabrics and gracefully mannered pose of the sitter, as well as from the classical allusion of the statue in the background that is also closely reminiscent of his portraiture. Significant emphasis is placed on the sitter’s wealth and social status, conveyed through his nonchalant pose as well as the items around him, including the luxurious carpet on which the gentleman leans. Van der Werff completed a number of significant commissions for high-profile sitters throughout northern Europe, including John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough; William III and Mary II (with Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers); and Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatinate. For a comparable work with similar dimensions, see ‘Portrait of a Man in a Quilted Gown’, National Gallery, London [no.NG1660]. The present work was presumably painted in around 1680-90.Please refer to department for condition report
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