Ancient carpets discovered in China • Early carpets from Anatolia • Central Asian hats • The Royal School of Needlework • Life of a collector: Jonathan Hope • Saryk main carpets • The ‘Tiffany’ carpet • The hidden links between Indian and Central Asian textiles
The collections of Sheikh Saoud Al Thani • The Kirchheim collection: early Anatolian carpets • Dutch chintz • Rugs and kilims from the Kinzl collection • A large-medallion Ushak carpet • Chinese mirror cases • Asafo flags • The Khorasan Baluch in photos
Azerbaijan carpets from the TIEM • Arab Uzbek kilims • Greek island and Kaitag embroidery • Modernist tapestries • Moroccan kilims • Textiles from the Sahel • Julius Straume and the Caucasian Handicrafts Committee • Woven bags from southern Persia
The ‘shaped’ carpets of Amer in Rajasthan • A newly discovered set of kalamkari hangings • Indian handkerchiefs • Pichvais from the TAPI Collection • Embroidered cushions from Jaipur • Chintz: the cloth that changed the world • Gujarat embroidery • A spectacular pashmina niche rug • Kashmir shawls
Cultural exchange along the Silk Road; Textile treasures from the Silk Road; Turkmen storage bags; Swedish textiles at the Nordic Museum; Early collectors of Greek embroidery; The Weise collection of textile art; Late antique/early medieval textiles from Egypt
Exploring the textile traditions of North and West Africa; Carpets and textiles in colonial Peru; Japan’s fukusa; West African loom technology; Early Andean textiles; African textile art; Kazak rugs revisited
Rewriting the history of early carpets; Karun Thakar’s diverse textile collections; The history of metal-enhanced textiles; Berber costume; Turkmen needlework; A rediscovered Mamluk carpet; The El Kholti Collection of Rabat embroideries; Hans Christian Sienknecht’s Turkmen carpets; The Zaleski Collection of Turkish village weavings; Carpets from the tomb of Shah Abbas II
Batik textiles collected on Java by King Chulalongkorn of Siam; Sweden’s röllakan; Naga textiles; Moroccan carpets; Qajar Persia; Reassessing Raffles; Tiger rugs
HALI London 24 - 30 June 2019; Masterpieces in Moscow’s State Museum of Oriental Art on its 100th anniversary; The Kashmir shawl as a vector for 19th-century Transcaucasian rug designs; ‘Southwest Weavings: 800 Years of Artistic Exchange’ at SLAM; Anni Albers at Tate Modern; ‘Oceania’ at the RA; Zeki Müren rugs in Milan; The new carpet galleries at the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin
Two Italian exhibitions of Islamic art; The British Museum’s new Islamic gallery; Anatolian kilims in Washington, DC; a tapestry commissioned by King Henry VIII; barkcloth paintings in Los Angeles; an Aga Khan Museum installation of silk lampas made for Christian communities; subversive messages in African textiles; Madagascan and ancient Peruvian textiles
