Articles, reports & dispatches.
Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
In Memoriam Ian Bennett
The late Ian Bennett, HALI's former Chief Contributing Editor, was a complex and often troubled man of extraordinary talent, intellect, wit, and knowledge – of Oriental rugs and much, much more. Widely experienced in the London art and auction market, and latterly the carpet…
Paul Nels (1922-2014), interviewed in 1995
In 1995, to mark half a century in the rug business, the late Paul Nels was interviewed by HALI's then deputy editor Andrea Marechal. Her brief account, published in HALI 82, captures much of the spirit of a larger-than-life character who was a given on the London antique…
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
The Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg, welcomes visitors from late April to early November
This year the Abegg-Stiftung, in Riggisberg, Switzerland opens its doors to the public from 27th April to 9th November 2014. In addition to a new special exhibition called 'Veil and Adornment. Medieval Textiles and the Cult of Relics' the permanent exhibition, newly…
Lucy Upward · 3 min
Thai Textiles in Focus
'Weaving Royal Traditions Through Time', the first international symposium to take place at the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles (QSMT) in Bangkok, Thailand took place from 5 - 9 November 2013. The event offered special opportunities to see behind the scenes at the new museum…
Marino Dall'Oglio for HALI Magazine
In memory of the noted Oriental carpet collector, Dr Marino Dall'Oglio of Milan, who passed away peacefully on Thursday, 21st November 2013, we publish here five articles written by him. The first, on 'White Ground Anatolian Carpets' was first given as a paper to the 1983…
