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'Unraveling Identity' at the new Textile Museum in Washington DC

During Asian Art Week in New York, from 17 March to 21 March 2015, some two thousand works of Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Himalayan, Southeast Asian and European art from the collection of the late American scholar, dealer and connoisseur, Robert Hatfield Ellis (a.k.a. ‘The…
Daniel Shaffer · 4 min
On view at Rockefeller Center throughout New York Asia Week 2015 is an extraordinary, and apparently unique, Central Asian or Chinese woollen kilim.
Daniel Shaffer · 2 min
First Glance – Second Look: Quilts at the Denver Art Museum by Dale Carolyn Gluckman

It has been announced that The International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC ) will conduct its 13th International Conference in Washington DC from 6 – 9 August 2015. The Conference will include, among other events, a series of lectures produced by ICOC at the new…

Until 16 August 2015, a selection of barkcloth textiles from the Pacific region is on view at the British Museum. Used to wrap, drape and adorn the body in a myriad of styles and designs, these textiles demonstrate the long history of barkcloth, and its ongoing relevance today.