Articles, reports & dispatches.
Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
Thread of Time: A Turkish Prayer Rug and a Nigerian Hausa or Nupe Robe
In HALI 205, Rachel Meek presents two Islamic textiles from earlier centuries with talismanic properties. One’s decoration provided protection, the other’s required it
Anatomy of an Object: Ushak Coupled-column Prayer Rug
Contributing editor Alberto Boralevi reflects on a rare yellow-ground early ‘Transylvanian’ west Anatolian Ottoman niche rug.
Katie Welch · 4 min
A living collection at HALI London
Visiting Anglo-Canadian collector Bob Bell at his home in the Cotswolds, Aaron Nejad finds a passionate, experienced and well-informed man who lives surrounded by an eclectic array of rugs, and who, despite the demands of a busy professional career, always finds time to enjoy…
Katie Welch · 8 min
'Major Autumn Auction', Rippon Boswell & Co., Wiesbaden, 17 November 2018
Rippon Boswell & Co. will auction 273 lots including rugs belonging to the private collections of Dr. Harald Böhmer as well as Dr. Günther Rapp, at the Major Autumn Auction in Wiesbaden on 17 November 2018.
Anatomy of an Object: Boteh Khila Prayer Rug
From HALI 195: Ralph Kaffel focuses on a Caucasian prayer rug with the ‘Boteh Khila’ design
