Syndicate contentGallery 51, Craig Wallen

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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Shaman's Head Cover, Java, wax resist batik, 19th c
price:  SOLD
Exhibition Announcement: True Blue - Indigo-dyed Traditional Textiles from Africa & Asia, May 4 - June 30, 2007. Pictured: Women's Wrap, Ivory ... read more
price:  SOLD
East Anatolian (Malatya?) Rug - full pile, exceptional colors and wool, blue wefting. More photos at link
price:  SOLD
Egyptian Coptic Tunic Band Fragment w/ Prancing Animals, 4 - 600 ad
Egyptian Coptic Fragment w/ Classical Figure and Rabbit, 2 - 400 ad.
East Anatolian Fragment, 19th c
price:  SOLD
Tent hanging Fragment, ca. 1628–58; Mughal India, Red silk velvet and gold leaf. For comparable piece: link images/ht/ht_1981.321.jpg
price:  SOLD
Anatolian (Konya?) Border Fragment (detail)
price:  SOLD
African American Crib Quilt Gee's Bend Type, 1920's
price:  SOLD
Reverse Sumak Mafrash Panel - crisp graphics, excellent color
price:  SOLD
Early Turkish Re-Entry Rug Fragment
price:  SOLD
Antique nw Persian Kurd Rug w/ Flame Design
price:  SOLD
Bizarre Kurdish Embroidery - truly wild, wonderful, graphic. This is all about the visuals...large
price:  SOLD
Lovely Hamadan, c. 1920, full pile
price:  sold
American Art Deco Hooked Rug 1920s-30s
price:  SOLD