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Issue 228 · Summer 2026
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News & Events, 18 September

A weekly round-up of what is happening in the world of carpets and textiles through the lens of hali.com

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2 min read18 Sept 2026

Prayer rug, West Anatolia, mid-17th century, 1.32 × 1.75 m (4 ft 4 in × 6 ft 2 in), 1,330 knots per square decimetre. Inscribed 1720 D. Mays. Before 1910, it was in the Evangelical Church in Sibiu, Transylvania. Brukenthal National Museum, inventory AD 377.

This week on hali.com, HALI’s editor Ben Evans turns his attention to a classic Transylvanian prayer rug in Editor’s Choice. Recently displayed in the exhibition The Charm of the Orient in the Heart of Transylvania: Carpets from the Heritage of the Brukenthal National Museum, the rug offers a connection to the hand of its weaver and her spirit of improvisation.

A new article asks why the highly anticipated exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum has captured the attention of so many.

Meanwhile, members of the HALI and COVER teams are preparing to head to New York next week for COVER Connect New York, COVER’s annual boutique trade show. While there, keep an eye on our social media channels for coverage of A King’s Carpet: Louis XIV and the Savonnerie at the Met.

Discover all this and more this week on hali.com.

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