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Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
'North Country Quilts: In Celebration of New Acquisitions' at The Bowes Museum
This ongoing exhibition showcases twenty-six new acquisitions to The Bowes Museum’s nationally important quilt collection. The exhibition which can also be accessed online is accompanied by a catalogue, and a reprint of the book which accompanied the larger 2000 exhibition…
Tibetan Weaving - The Carpet Museum at Voigtsberg Castle
The recently opened exhibition at The Carpet Museum at Voigtsberg Castle, Germany, provides an overview of 15th Century to Modern day Tibetan weaving, in a huge departure from the usual exhibitions of carpets made in the local region.
Katie Welch · 2 min
125 Years of De Wit
Read an abridged version of the HALI 204 book review of 'Tapestry Production & Conservation 125 Years of De Wit - Royal Manufacturers of Tapestry' by Maria Taboga and Nello Forti Grazzini. While highly technical content, it is always a pleasurable as well as an informative…
Katie Welch · 4 min
Profile: Cathryn Cootner
Cathryn Cootner—collector, dealer, author, lecturer and formerly curator of textiles at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco—passed away earlier this year after a mercifully short battle with cancer. In HALI 209, a self portrait has been compiled by Thomas Cole
The Orient Stars Collection
Watch a new feature length film on The Orient Stars Collection of rugs and textiles acquired by Heinrich and Waltraut Kirchheim
