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Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
Caucasian 'Shield' Carpets by Michael Franses and Robert Pinner, 1978
Caucasian Shield Carpets' by Robert Pinner and Michael Franses, published in 1978 in the inaugural issue of HALI magazine, remains to this day the definitive study of these 17th and 18th century carpets with variants of the classical shield palmette design.
Summer Olympia 2013 - Rugs, textiles and tribal art
Exhibitors with items of special interest to HALI readers in the wide-open spaces of this year's summer Olympia fair in London, until 16 June, include Galerie Arabesque (Ulrike Montigel), Esther Fitzgerald, Clive Loveless, Tribal Gathering (Bryan Reeves), Johanna Booth,…
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
Classical Carpets - Berlin’s War Losses at the Old Mint
Among the add-ons during the recent BARE antique carpet and textile art fair at the Old Mint in Berlin was an evocative special documentary photo exhibition, ‘Schicksalsnacht im Tresorraum der Alten Münze – Das Ende der bedeutenden Sammlung Bodes’ (Fateful Night in the Vault…
Daniel Shaffer · 5 min
Parting Shots Online: BARE, Berlin, 30 May-2 June 2013
This first Parting Shots On-Line Album comes from the BARE antique carpet and textile fair in Berlin.
BARE - First View
BARE - The Berlin Antique Rug Exhibition, the newest of the rug and textile world's marketing enterprises, was held within the grittily atmospheric surroundings of the Alte Münze (Old Mint) at Molkenmarkt 2, from Friday 31 May – 2 June 2013. The event was organised by Tim…
