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At a time when travel is limited, we would like to highlight a man whose research and collecting journeys form the basis for much of our knowledge of Central Asian weaving culture.

In the regular HALI feature Thread of time, we connect two seemingly very different textiles through material, technique, iconography or use. In the two tapestry-woven textiles of this article, the link is the peacock.
Katie Welch · 3 min
Werner Weber’s kilims from Mazandaran Province in the north of Iran are currently on show at the Historical and Ethnological Museum in St. Gallen, Switzerland, until 30 January 2021.
Katie Welch · 1 min
Currently on show at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, ‘Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk’ traces the sartorial and social significance of the kimono from the 1660s to the present day, both in Japan and in the rest of the world.

Last chance to see the exhibition ‘Weaving beyond the Bauhaus’ at the Art Institute of Chicago

‘Symbols and Colors in Caucasian and Alpine Carpets’, Mercantile Museum and Mercantile Palace in Bolzano (Bozen), exhibition review by Ben Evans from HALI 201.