Austria Auction Company in Vienna will hold its ‘Masterpieces III’ sale on 14 February, featuring forty high quality antique rugs and textiles from private European collections. The lots can be previewed from 11–13 February from 11am–5pm and on 14 February from 11am–4pm. Here are some highlights. A striking Tibetan ‘Tiger Rug’, dating to around 1900, is… Read more »
The Carpet & Textile Forum will return this year from 28–30 April for three days of presentations, discussions and study devoted to carpets and textiles. Taking place at the Santa Ynez Valley Marriott in Buellton, California, the event will feature six sessions presented by specialists in their fields. Collectors, dealers and enthusiasts from the United States and beyond are… Read more »
For the first time, carpets by the contemporary Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed are being exhibited in his home country. A major exhibition dedicated to Ahmed’s work — a compelling fusion of traditional carpet weaving and contemporary digital techniques — is being shown at the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum in Baku. ‘Faig Ahmed: Epoch… Read more »
The Princess of Wales has selected nine rare artefacts—including textiles—to be displayed at the newly opened V&A East Storehouse. The mini display, ‘Makers and Creators’, includes a Morris & Co furnishing screen, a Welsh-made bedcover, a Qing dynasty porcelain vase, and a costume from the 1960’s ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ ballet. The patchwork… Read more »
The Hajji Baba Club in New York City has announced that Kristen Pearson has been awarded the 2025–2026 Hajji Baba Club Research Fellowship. Since it was established in 2018, the programme has promoted original scholarship in the field of carpet studies and provides support and visibility for emerging scholars and independent researchers. Chosen from… Read more »
A war rug, bought in Kabul in 1986, from Luca Brancati’s collection appears in ‘De Bello: Notes on War and Peace’, an exhibition at Gres Art 671 in Bergamo, Italy, until 12 October 2025. The identity of the weaver remains unknown, however, evidence suggests it was likely made in the village of Qal’ha-ye, now… Read more »
‘From India to the World: Textiles from the Parpia Collection’ at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston celebrates the acquisition of 187 Indian textiles from the collection of Banoo and Jeevak Parpia, one of the most comprehensive private collections of Indian textiles outside of India. This show follows the museum’s 2023 installation ‘Woven Wonders:… Read more »
A show at the Hong Kong Palace Museum, dedicated to carpets from Safavid Iran, Mughal India and Ottoman Turkey, loaned from the Museum of Islamic Arts in Doha, marks the first major Islamic art exhibition in the city. Showcasing one hundred artworks spanning the 10th–19th centuries, ‘Wonders of Imperial Carpets: Masterpieces from the Museum of… Read more »
In his article in HALI 215, Jeff Spurr sets out to demonstrate an integral link between a brilliant but eccentric and ill-understood subset of antique urban suzanis from the Emirate of Bukhara, and small-scale embroideries created by the Lakai, a rural Uzbek people, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Read the unabridged article.
HALI has organised a series of special events in Italy to precede the two-day colloquium Kerman Carpets of the Safavid Period (1501-1736) in Genoa, organised in memory of Alessandro Bruschettini, the renowned collector of Islamic art. Conceived as a celebration of the wealth of antique carpets and textiles in Italy, a week of talks, guided museum visits… Read more »
