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| Collecting Ikat
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| 30 July 2010
‘Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats’ opens at The Textile Museum, Washington DC in October 2010 with a substantial selection from the generous gift of 185 Central Asian ikats by Murad Megalli. Here the Turkish collector offers a personal introduction to the collection in his own words.
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| IMAGE DETAILS
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| Half-silk ikat panel, Uzbekistan, late 19th or early 20th century. The Textile Museum, Washington DC, Megalli Collection, 2009.17.2
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| LONDON IN JUNE 2010
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| 09 July 2010
London in June has always been a major attraction for art and antiques buyers at all levels of the market but most art world observers were keen to see how the cards would fall in the 2010, first year in living memory without The Grosvenor House Antiques and Art Fair, the supposed jewel in the crown of the London art fairs.
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| A Stitch in Good Time
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| 09 July 2010
‘A Story of Islamic Embroidery’ under the patronage of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al Nayhan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, opened at Gallery One in the Gulf state’s Kempinski Emirates Palace Hotel, on 6 April 2010. It brings together more than two hundred exceptional textiles that take visitors on a cultural and poetic journey to the Silk Road and North Africa and beyond, exploring the embroidery tradition in urban, rural and nomadic settings.
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| Matriarchs and Patriarchs
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| 07 July 2010
This year sees Istanbul flaunting her charms as European City of Culture and awash with exhibitions of both the old and the new, in museums of all shapes and sizes. We focus on two that are direct opposites.
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; "Image: Half-silk ikat panel, Uzbekistan, late 19th or early 20th century. The Textile Museum, Washington DC, Megalli Collection, 2009.17.2")
; "Image: 'Mary Baker, her basket', English beadwork basket, Witney Antiques at Masterpiece")
; "Image: Chechaouen arid (wall hanging), Morocco, early 17th century. Polychrome silk embroidery on linen")
; "Image: Üçetek entari, Istanbul, late 19th century. Silk fabric and silk cord, 1.91m (6'3\") long. Sadberk Hanim, SHM 12481-K618")
