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Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
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.
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…
David Young · 5 min
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.
From Ningxia to Nichols
A selection from the collection of Chinese rugs of the New York-based Antique Rug Studio will be exhibited at the China (Qinghai) International Carpet Exhibition in Xining in June 2018. This article introduces the different types of carpets made for the domestic and export…
