In HALI 189, the Yousef Jameel Curator of Islamic Art at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford,Francesca Leoni introduces the landmark exhibition, ‘Power and Protection: Islamic Art and the Supernatural’, showing there from 20 October 2016 until 15 January 2017.
An unusual exhibition opens in Canada at the Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History in November 2016.
Elena Papastavrou will speak on Orthodox church embroideries at King’s College London on 25 October 2016.
Ramezani, a reputable brand established in 1955, offer the chance to purchase the best from their private collection of rugs and kilims from the extensive north London showrooms 19-28 October 2016.
Sotheby’s dedicated autumn sale of 155 carpet lots, the second since the auctioneer’s return to specialist rug sales in the Bond Street rooms, is strong on Chinese and East Turkestan pieces and also includes a small Ushak Lotto, a 17th-century Esfahan, a Type-C Star Kazak, a Mohtashem Kashan and a signed Zareh Kum Kapı prayer rug. There are numerous… Read more »
The autumn sees rugs and carpets of note included in three different Christie’s London sales.
An album of photos from the 2016 edition of Sartirana Textile Show, which took place 14-18 September in Lomellina, Italy.
