In HALI 176 we continued our survey of the Romain Zaleski, probably the world's largest private collection of oriental rugs and textiles.
Ben Evans
Editor, HALI
In HALI 176 we continued our survey of the Romain Zaleski, probably the world's largest private collection of oriental rugs and textiles. This took the form of a brief discussion about the suzani that he has collected by way of discussing half a dozen examples. The collection contains over 50 examples, not twenty-five as mentioned in the article, and here we show additional examples for readers' edification.
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