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'Symbols and Colors in Caucasian and Alpine Carpets’, Mercantile Museum and Mercantile Palace, Bolzano (Bozen)
‘Symbols and Colors in Caucasian and Alpine Carpets’, Mercantile Museum and Mercantile Palace in Bolzano (Bozen), exhibition review by Ben Evans from HALI 201.
15th Sartirana Textile Show
The annual Sartirana Textile Show will celebrate its 15th anniversary with a special event in a grand historical exhibition venue in the northwest Italian city of Turin.
Katie Welch · 2 min
Chinese Rugs and Mats at David Sorgato Gallery
David Sorgato’s current gallery exhibition in Milan will focus on Chinese rugs and mats.
Katie Welch · 1 min
'Montefeltro and the Islamic East. Urbino 1430-1550'
Christie's Louise Broadhurst views spectacular carpets and textiles at an exhibition in Urbino.
'Islamic Art and Florence from the Medici to the 20th Century'
Christie's Louise Broadhurst spots spectacular carpets and textiles at an exhibition in Florence.
From HALI 195: Two Rugs at San Gimignano
A historian by profession, Professor Marco Spallanzani has made a name for himself in carpet circles through his detailed and illuminating scholarly research in Italian archives and historic inventories.
Textiles & Identity in the Medieval & Early Modern Mediterranean
The British School at Athens is organising a workshop titled ‘Textiles & Identity in the Medieval & Early Modern Mediterranean: Paradigms of Contexts and Cross-Cultural Exchanges’ to take place on 3-4 June 2016.
Textile Snapshots from LAPADA
LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair is currently taking place in Berkeley Square, London. Executive Editor Daniel Shaffer selects some textile highlights
Italian Velvets on Show in Switzerland
One of the world's foremost collections of textiles, the Abegg-Stiftung in Riggisberg, Switzerland, places Italian velvets under its forensic gaze in its seasonal special exhibition.