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Claremont Rug Company Announces Additional Hudson River Valley Collection
The first phase of the collection, 225 19th century Oriental carpets, was acquired from an undisclosed, retired Wall Street financier whose primary residence was in the Hudson River Valley of
"I am delighted to report it is creating quite a stir among both American and European connoisseurs," Winitz said.
"And now, his sister, also a lifelong collector, has offered us 65 consummate quality pieces she has collected. She was extremely pleased both with our transaction with her brother and by the reception from our clientele for his collection," Winitz said.
Images of a sampling of the additions to the sale will be available for review at http://www.claremontrug.com, starting
Characterized by Winitz as a veritable "mother lode" of rare rugs, the first portion of the Hudson River Valley Collection was a "broad canvas" of carpets. The sister's collection emphasizes area-size rugs and contains many highly collectible pieces.
"Her rugs are so awe-inspiring that she hung many on the walls like paintings," he noted. The collection also includes room-size antique carpets from her two residences.
"As with her brother's collection, her cache contains a series of once-in-a-lifetime, museum-level works of a caliber that virtually never comes to market," said Winitz. One example, a Bakshaish Camelhair Long Rug dating to the second quarter of the 19th century "presents a one-in-the-world use of archetypal designs and artful asymmetry.
"Her room size Ferahan Sarouk inscribed with a date corresponding to
Winitz, an internationally recognized authority and author, has been acquiring museum-level carpets for more than three decades. "The depth and quality of both Hudson River Valley collections is utterly astounding," he said.
"The two generations of this family have been very serious, major collectors of this art form over a 50-year period and I have tremendous respect for how exhaustive and uncompromising they were. Both the brother and the sister inherited masterworks from their parents' massive collection and strategically supplemented them with many important purchases of their own. Several of the rugs are of a caliber that has been unseen in the international market for decades." he said.
Claremont Rug Company (http://www.claremontrug.com) was founded by Winitz in 1980 and is internationally recognized for its extensive collection of art-level antique Oriental rugs.
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