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MFA Boston carpet in Aga Khan spotlight display
A remarkable woven masterpiece from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is on display in a new spotlight loan at the Aga Khan Museum
'Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith'
Featured in HALI 209’s pick of the best rug and textile exhibitions and events around the globe, the current exhibition, ‘Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith’ is open at The Met Cloisters, New York until 30 January 2022. In this article we take a more detailed…
Katie Welch · 2 min
'As Precious as Gold, Carpets from the Islamic World', Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, USA
On loan from the Saint Louis Art Museum, 'As Precious as Gold, Carpets from the Islamic World' features 32 carpets and one tent dating from the 15th century to the 19th century and is considered one of the most significant in the world.
Katie Welch · 3 min
Fine Antique Oriental Rugs XIII, Austria Auction Company, Vienna, 15 December 2018
Udo Langauer’s upcoming sale of antique oriental rugs at Austria Auction Company’s Palais Breuner saleroom in Vienna’s Singerstrasse on Saturday 15 December 2018 includes quality rugs from the excellent collection of the late Theo Häberli.
From HALI 195: Mirror Image
Spanish carpets and Spanish ceilings: John Mills weaves together the strands of a story prompted by the reappearance at an auction of a fragment of a late 15th-century Mudéjar carpet
