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Textile highlights from the Important Design sale, Bonhams, London
Significant rugs and textiles are not limited to specialised auctions or even Islamic and Asian art sales. A case in point is the upcoming Important Design auction at Bonhams in London on 25 April 2018.
Book of the week: The Carpet and the Connoisseur
In a new weekly feature, we highlight a book of rug and textile interest. This week we look at The Carpet and the Connoisseur: The James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs.
David Young · 1 min
Yellow shades from HALI 194
The regular HALI magazine feature Thread of Time takes an abstract look at the links between two intriguing textiles from different places and cultures that deserve to be in the limelight. The following is extracted from HALI 194.
David Young · 3 min
Kilims on the up
A brief overview by Daniel Shaffer of the sale of Anatolian kilims, North African carpets and southeast Asian textiles from the collection of the Austrian businessman Theodor Poppmeier, in which the best kilim lots outdid even those of the recent series from the much…
Book of the week: Rugs & Art. Tribal Bird Rugs & Others
In a new feature, we highlight a book of rug and textile interest. First out is Abel Trybiarz’s Rugs & Art, published in 2017.
