Dating and attributing origins to antique rugs from Anatolia is an area of scholarship rife with conjecture and contention. Having researched carpets in the Orient Stars collection for the forthcoming Orient Stars 2, Michael Franses notes the pitfalls awaiting those who venture in this direction.
Cosima Stewart celebrates her love of Georgia—and the textile traditions that exemplify the country’s unique culture and spirit
HALI Fair Online is a new virtual event focused exclusively on antique rugs and textiles from around the globe, with a Fair, Exhibitions and Events including lectures, interviews and presentations
With a new exhibition of Iranian art opening in the British capital, we look back at the ground-breaking 1931 ‘International Exhibition of Persian Art’
Gebhart Blazek reveals the secrets contained within an Algerian Jebel Amour rug
Francesca Leoni explains how a discovery in the Ashmolean Museum’s archives threw fresh light on an important area of British textile collecting—the acquisition of Greek island embroideries—and led to a new exhibition and catalogue
In HALI 206, Jennifer Scarce reviews the new publication ‘Persische Textilien: Die Sammlung Ramezani’ by Marie-Louise Nabholz-Kartaschoff
American collector Fred Mushkat on his new publication about woven bands and the role of the collector
COVER Connect may be over but you can still catch up on all the Talks on-demand
Auction Price Guide is one of the longest-running and most popular sections in HALI magazine, and a great place to learn more about specific carpets and textiles. Here we highlight six Auction Price Guide entries from HALI 205
