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Gallery 51 specializing in collectible rugs and fine antique textile art .The focus at Gallery 51 is on the appreciation, conservation, and collection of fine, antique textile art and antique oriental rugs. With more than twenty years experience as a private purveyor of rare textiles, Craig Wallen offers both residential and commercial customers, as well as sophisticated collectors, a wide selection of visually compelling textiles for use in home or office settings., Antique tribal carpets and weavings from the Middle East and Central Asia form the bulk of our inventory, although ancient Coptic, Islamic, pre-Columbian, African, Native American, and other ethnographic textiles are also offered. Services include: buying and selling, consultation, appraisal, brokerage, mounting, and collection management. Please phone/email with queries, or stop into the gallery (open Tues - Sun, 11 - 6), located in historic Old City Philadelphia, for a first hand look. www.gallery51.net

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Massive Ersari juval....40" x 64". Complete w/ small area of easy removable stitching over wear spot. Yellow, green, pale blue. Apricot ... read more
price:  low budget for low budgets
Alan Magee: Tapestries Philadelphia, pa - Gallery51 presents Alan Magee - Tapestries from October 24th through December 31, 2010, with an opening ... read more
Early Bergama fragment, 18th c. w/ intense color.
Wishing everyone the very best success, health and happiness in the New Year.
Antique tribal belt buckle, silver, origin unknown...Afghani? Indian? Caucasian? no matter, it's a very handsome, beautifully crafted object.
Mazaghlan Rug, 4 x 6, nice color condition. early 20th c.
price:  $850. + shipping
Best Wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous and very peaceful new year!
price:  True peace is truly priceless...
Early West Anatolian fragment, Bergama?, great graphics and color, professionally mounted on linen.
Colorful Afshar....ivory ground...needs some work, but good pile.
Anatolian kilim, good age, 4'11" x 9'5". More images at link
a small exhibition of Antique Armenian Textiles from Anatolia, May 2 - June 15.
Best Wishes to all for a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year.
Unusual Afshar. Good pile. Great colors. Old cuts, repairs. Needs tlc.
Antique Seichur Rug - great color, good pile, can/should be restored. Make offer. Best one takes it....
price:  SOLD
Unusual Embroidery, Wool and metal thread on cotton, Central Asia?
price:  sold
Anatolian Yatak Fragment (detail), 18th c or earlier
price:  SOLD
Persian Emboidery w/ fantastic Parrots, 19th c, wool
price:  SOLD
Karaja, early 20th c. Great colors, blue wefted, cotton warps.
price:  SOLD
Konya Divan Cover Border Fragment, 18th c
price:  SOLD
Early Anatolian Re-entry Fragment
price:  SOLD
nw Persian Kurd w/ Tile Design, great color, some wear
Reyhanli Kilim in two parts w/ cotton, 19th c
price:  sold
Vase Carpet Fragment, 17th c, mounted
price:  SOLD
Persian Embroidery w Parrots, probably Kerman, 19th c, all wool
price:  SOLD
Saltillo Serape, Red Center Medallion, Rio Grande 19th cen.
price:  sold