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Lectures at Istanbul Carpet Week – Virtual Edition
Istanbul Carpet Week returns this autumn with a virtual edition taking place on 21-23 October 2020 to showcase the products and skills of one of the world’s oldest traditional weaving centres
Samuil Martinovich Dudin
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.
Katie Welch · 8 min
Thread of Time: A Qing Kesi Roundel and an Indian Cotton Dhurrie
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
Undiscovered Minimalism
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.
‘Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk’, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, until 21 June 2020
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.
