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HALI contributor, Dr Susan Scollay has curated a study series outlining the importance of textiles in the ancient world at the The Johnston Collection Museum in Melbourne.

Valois Tapestries thought to have been commissioned by Catherine de'Medici are on show at The Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio until 21 January 2019.
Katie Welch · 2 min
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Katie Welch · 2 min
LARTA, The London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair, a celebration of colour and design in antique rug and textile art from 22-27 January 2019.

Clare Browne tells the story of a set of 14th-century needlework panels with scenes from the Life of the Virgin.

Spanish carpets and Spanish ceilings: John Mills weaves together the strands of a story prompted by the reappearance at an auction of a fragment of a late 15th-century Mudéjar carpet