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Arty rug not such a bargain
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich spent £43m on one. Tate Britain has one hanging in its halls. Now you can buy an original Francis Bacon for as little as a thousandth of the price of his most impressive works. This is no ordinary natural rug however; this is an abstract piece from Bacon’s 1929 exhibition.
- One of the two rugs, possibly the only surviving works from a 1929 exhibition of designs by Francis Bacon
Bacon’s early days as a rug maker are not widely know, and his productivity that insignificant that an example held at the Victoria and Albert Museum was thought to be one of only three in existence. His rug collection has now grown, however, after an Iranian carpet dealer found two while cleaning out one of her storerooms. Textile specialist Ian Bennett at Netherhampton Salerooms, near Salisbury, confirmed their authenticity.
Mr Bennett said that the Iranian dealer was unaware of the wool rugs’ significance, having bought them ten years ago from an elderly lady who had been using them in her hallway. “She thought they were impractical. She kept on tripping over them. She didn’t know what they were.”
Mr Bennett said that it was almost impossible to put a value on the rugs because none had been on the market in recent years. “I hope that each one will fetch a five-figure sum, but I haven’t the foggiest idea. There is no precedent. You never know. Roman Abramovich might want one.”
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