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Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
David Sorgato's gallery opening
David Sorgato's gallery opening
In Memoriam Ian Bennett
The late Ian Bennett, HALI's former Chief Contributing Editor, was a complex and often troubled man of extraordinary talent, intellect, wit, and knowledge – of Oriental rugs and much, much more. Widely experienced in the London art and auction market, and latterly the carpet…
Lucy Upward · 5 min
Textile tour in Thailand
An album of images taken by HALI Contributing Editor Cheri Hunter during last autumn's textile extravaganza in Thailand, including the symposium at the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles in Bangkok (see HALI 179, pp.114-5), visits to private collections of Thai textiles, and an…
Lucy Upward · 1 min
Rippon Boswell’s Spring sale of Carpets & Textiles, Wiesbaden 31 May 2014
Highest expectations in Rippon Boswell’s Spring sale in Wiesbaden on Saturday 31 May 2014 rest on this large, colourful and highly collectable fragment from a ‘Bukhara’ carpet with multiple rows of niches (lot 96, estimate €65,000).
Greek Dress at the Hellenic Centre, London
Marylebone, in Central London, might seem an unlikely place for an exhibition of Greek costume, but it is the home of the Hellenic Centre, a focus for philhellenes and London’s Greek community. There could be found a rare opportunity to see an impressive range of Greek dress…
