Issue 218 · Winter 2023

Books, carpets and textiles

HALI 218 explores the relationship between books and textiles. Rosemary Crill reveals a totally new source of textiles across a wide range of dates and places: the cloth used in Armenian and Ethiopian book bindings.

Highlights from this issue

A selection of 5

FeatureA Kashmir shawl once owned by Queen VictoriaJoan Hart
FeatureAn 18th-century volume of cloth samples tells of rivalry, espionage and fierce ambitionAriane Fennetaux; John Styles
Common ThreadThe use, circulation and creation of textiles in booksHali Magazine
FeatureEight specialists discuss a ‘book’ that they consider to be exceptionalVarious authors
FeatureThe fascinating, frustrating and fabulous 1905 book, T. H. Hendley’s Asian CarpetsSteven Cohen

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