
Issue 226 · Winter 2025
Mazandaran flatweaves
HALI 226 celebrates the V&A East Storehouse, where the public can view artefacts from the museum’s collection by appointment. In Oxford, a Pitt Rivers Museum project similarly offers improved access to its textile collection, as well as enhanced conservation.
Highlights from this issue
A selection of 6
- FeatureChinese carpets at MITA
- featureThe V&A's new initiative
- museumRemarkable textiles are gifted to the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
- Thread of TimeSymbolism of boats in two textiles
- featureBritish cloth export to India
- featureThe art of shawl making


