Articles, reports & dispatches.
Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
Henry's Mutterstadt, Collector Carpets Auction, 1 June 2014
Henry's auctioneers in Mutterstadt in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of southwestern Germany will hold a special sale of 'Collector's Carpets' on the 1st of June. By no means a household name on the oriental carpet circuit, this 200-lot sale includes several very good…
Ned Long, 1927-2014
It is with great regret that we have heard of the passing of the well-respected and much-liked veteran Turkmen carpet collector and scholar E.B. (Ned) Long, in Akron, Ohio, on 2 May 2014, after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease. A scientist by training (like so many…
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
Decorative Textiles and Rugs at the Battersea Fair, May 2014
A photographic review of the 'Textiles as Art' foyer exhibit at the Spring Decorative Fair, curated by London esoteric textile dealer Molly Hogg using exhibitors' textiles, plus assorted rugs and textiles shown on their stands by Hogg herself, Joshua Lumley, Pars, Stothert &…
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
Paul Nels (1922-2014), interviewed in 1995
In 1995, to mark half a century in the rug business, the late Paul Nels was interviewed by HALI's then deputy editor Andrea Marechal. Her brief account, published in HALI 82, captures much of the spirit of a larger-than-life character who was a given on the London antique…
R.I.P. Paul Nels (1922-2014)
It is with the greatest sadness that we report the passing over the Easter weekend of Paul Nels, the doyen of the London Oriental carpet trade, at the age of 92. Involved to the last, Paul was a great character, a true Old World gentleman and bon viveur, generous to a fault,…
