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Press Release Sotheby's SOTHEBY’S
TO SELL SELECTIONS FROM THE DORIS LESLIE BLAU
COLLECTION ON OCTOBER 1, 2002
On October 1, 2002 Sotheby's in New York will
offer for sale carpets and tapestries from the
Collection of Doris Leslie Blau, the leading
dealer in fine antique carpets and textiles in
the US for the past 30 years. The sale will
include the rare and unusual pieces for which
Mrs. Blau is known, offering a variety of rugs,
carpets and tapestries from the 16th century
through the Art Deco period. Sotheby's exhibition
will begin on Wednesday, September 25th until
Monday, September 30th. The collection of over
200 items personally selected by Mrs. Blau is
estimated to sell for $3.5/4.5 million.
Mary Jo Otsea, Head of Sotheby's Carpet
Department, noted: “Doris Leslie Blau is
legendary in the carpet world for her
extraordinary eye and captivating personality.
Her success in the field has been an inspiration
to many and Sotheby's is honored to offer this
collection which celebrates the unique, eclectic
and discerning eye of Mrs. Blau.”
Mrs. Blau, referred to by designer Michael Smith
as “the oracle of the rug world,” began
her career in the carpet world in 1964 with her
then husband, prominent dealer Vojtech Blau. In
1972 she established her own gallery on 57th
street, subsequently moving to her present
premises on Fifth Avenue. In 1998, Mrs. Blau
began a successful partnership with Nader Bolour
that has expanded the business and assured its
continuation into the future. Most recently she
has launched a line of new carpets woven from her
own designs. This fall she will offer a second
collection of new carpets created by a group of
today’s most prominent designers at her
Contemporary Design Gallery in the Fuller
Building at 57th Street and Madison Avenue.
All of the carpets in this sale come from the
Fifth Avenue gallery including a mid 19th century
Bessarabian Kilim, finely worked with an unusual
overall design of cornucopias, measuring 13 feet
by 10 feet 5 inches (est. $60/80,000); a bold
medallion design and subtly colored Ziegler Mahal
carpet from the late 19th century, measuring
approximately 15 feet 10 inches by 11 feet 8
inches (estimated to sell for $40/60,000); a
large cotton carpet from Agra, India, featuring a
maple leaf pattern and a wide border with
eclectically drawn and spaced leafy vines, 17
feet 9 inches by 14 feet 6 inches (est.
$80/120,000); and two rare American hooked
carpets, (10 feet 8 inches by 8 feet 8 inches and
13 feet 10 inches by 10 feet 11 inches), each
with a tile pattern filled with ducks and other
fowl, (estimated to sell for $25/35,000 and
$30/40,000 respectively.)
Please contact the Press Office on 212 606 7176
for further information.
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