Articles, reports & dispatches.
Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
Auction review: Liberté for the carpet fraternity
An auction in Rouen, capital of Normandy, marked the lifting of many Covid-19 restrictions in France, and a case of miscataloguing and low estimates brought together the European trade hoping for bargains
Anatomy of an object: Ainu attush robe
Here we reveal an exemplary Ainu ceremonial garment from Hokkaido
Katie Welch · 4 min
Editor’s Choice: Northwest Persian Harshang Carpet
For more than forty years HALI has found and published some of the most important and beautiful rugs and textiles in the world. The many different paths we have followed to find interesting pieces—auctions, collector meetings and conferences, dealers’ exhibitions and…
Katie Welch · 3 min
Preview: Collection of Rugs and Textiles from American and European Estates, Nazmiyal Auctions
Nazmiyal Auctions is set to sell 113 lots of antique and vintage carpets on Thursday 18 June 2020.
Editor's Choice: East-central Anatolian Rug Fragment
For more than forty years HALI has found and published some of the most important and beautiful rugs and textiles in the world. The many different paths we have followed to find interesting pieces—auctions, collector meetings and conferences, dealers’ exhibitions and…
