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Rugs at the Dorotheum, Linz and Vienna, May Sales
The Dorotheum in Vienna, one of the oldest of Europe's leading auction rooms, holds regular Spring and Autumn sales of Oriental carpets, textiles and tapestries under the expertise of Wolfgang Matschek, and carpets are also included in less specialised sales both in Vienna…
Superb Suzani Embroideries: Rippon Boswell, Wiesbaden, 25 May
Rippon Boswell's major Spring sale in Wiesbaden on Saturday 25 May 2013 will include a very strong group of 13 Uzbek and Tajik suzani embroideries, several of which are consigned from a German private collection of long standing. The images speak for themselves
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
HALI Contributing Editor Tom Murray joins Obama’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee
President Barack Obama has revealed the appointment of HALI’s peripatetic Contributing Editor Thomas Murray to the US Government’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee.
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
Ashtapada - An Indian Silk Carpet In The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, by Michael Franses
The oldest securely dated complete silk pile carpet from the Muslim world, now in the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, is particularly significant in the history of oriental carpets. Its synthesis of patterns casts light on the extensive trade and cultural links across Asia and…
Iberian & East Mediterranean Carpets in the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, by Michael Franses
To date, the National Council for Culture, Arts & Heritage of the Emirate of Qatar has acquired five historical Spanish carpets and eight from Egypt and Syria for the new Museum of Islamic Art in Doha. It is these that are the focus of the second in our series of in-depth…
