Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.

Until Tuesday, December 10, 2013, an installation at the Cleveland Museum of Art presents some 15 sumptuous Italian silks, velvets, and altar frontals of the 14th and 15th centuries from the CMA’s world-class collection.

HALI In-depth has a steady stream of long articles about oriental rugs and carpets taken from the extensive HALI archive. The latest article that has been posted is about East Mediterranean carpets from the V&A, first published 1981
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
The third of HALI's occasional series of In-Depth articles on the carpet collections of London's Victoria and Albert Museum, on the Mamluk, Cairene Ottoman and other classical East Mediterranean types, was published in HALI 4/1 1981 . The collection is introduced by Keeper of…
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
The first of the extended series of In-Depth HALI magazine articles on the Oriental carpet collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum, by HALI's then editors Robert Pinner and Michael Franses, with an introduction to the history of the collection by the V&A's Keeper of…

Alone among the major international auction houses, Bonhams still has dedicated North American sales of Oriental rugs and carpets, mainly in their West Coast salerooms, but also occasionally in New York. We show a selection of lots that will be offered simultaneously in Los…