Articles, reports & dispatches.
Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
Grogan & Company, Boston, 1 October 2026: sale review
A Salor wedding trapping made $87,500, more than double its low estimate, as Grogan & Company's sale of three collections totalled $890,000.
Improvisation in Transylvania
A classic Transylvanian prayer rug on close inspection connects the viewer with the the hand of the weaver and her improvising spirit
Ben Evans · 5 min
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
Katie Welch · 4 min
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.
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…
