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Chinese Carpets in the Victoria and Albert Museum
As part of the continuing series of In-Depth archive articles from early issues of HALI magazine, here the King, Pinner & Franses team focus on the Chinese carpet collection in London's Victoria and Albert Museum. First published in HALI 5/2, 1982 . To read the article please…
In-Depth on hali.com
HALI In-depth has a steady stream of long articles about oriental rugs and carpets taken from the extensive HALI archive. The latest article that has been posted is about East Mediterranean carpets from the V&A, first published 1981
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
Lyon, Splendours in the City of Silk. 4: The remaining Classical Carpets, by Ian Bennett
The third of Ian Bennett’s in-depth articles on the Oriental carpet collection at the Musée Historique des Tissus in Lyon, France was published in HALI 35 (1987). The article features the non-Persian holdings of 16th and 17th century classical carpets - from Spain, Egypt,…
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
Chinese gallery reopens in Zurich
The China department of Museum Rietberg, Zurich has reopened after a six-month rebuilding programme.
Paris museum welcomes the Mysterious Cities of Gold
With museums around the world competing to find ever more imaginative ways to get new and younger audiences to visit their exhibitions, the Guimet in Paris has come up with treasure: its latest show celebtrates the '80s Japanese-French animated series The Mysterious Cities of…