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Thread of Time: A Tapestry Portrait of Napoleon The Bayeux Tapestry
In the early years of the 19th century, Napoleon Bonaparte sought to emulate his hero, William the Conqueror, by recreating the scenes of the Bayeux Tapestry through an invasion of Britain. As Ben Evans explains in HALI 204, circumstances changed, but the result was still a…
Exhibition Review: Look at the Rugs—Find Me
To celebrate the jubilee of Swedish carpet designer Märta Måås-Fjetterström, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden initiated an exhibition of her life’s work
Katie Welch · 5 min
Auction review: Liberté for the carpet fraternity
An auction in Rouen, capital of Normandy, marked the lifting of many Covid-19 restrictions in France, and a case of miscataloguing and low estimates brought together the European trade hoping for bargains
Katie Welch · 4 min
Making Connections: the Role of Archives
In recent years, the opening up of museum and private archives, with increased online access to collections and information about them, has allowed textile researchers such as Ann French to build a more detailed picture of the interconnections between, and the methods used,…
Anatomy of an object: Ainu attush robe
Here we reveal an exemplary Ainu ceremonial garment from Hokkaido
