The Orient Stars Collection
Watch a new feature length film on The Orient Stars Collection of rugs and textiles acquired by Heinrich and Waltraut Kirchheim
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Fabulous creatures
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.
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Travellers’ Tales: Declarations of Independence
Cosima Stewart celebrates her love of Georgia—and the textile traditions that exemplify the country’s unique culture and spirit
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HALI Fair Online, 23-27 June 2021
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
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The Arts of Iran Now and Then
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’
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Anatomy of an Object: Jebel Amour rug
Gebhart Blazek reveals the secrets contained within an Algerian Jebel Amour rug
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Academics in the Greek Archipelago
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
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Book Review: Persische Textilien: Die Sammlung Ramezani/ Persian Textiles: The Ramezani Family Collection
In HALI 206, Jennifer Scarce reviews the new publication ‘Persische Textilien: Die Sammlung Ramezani’ by Marie-Louise Nabholz-Kartaschoff
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Profile: Fred Mushkat
American collector Fred Mushkat on his new publication about woven bands and the role of the collector
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COVER Connect Talk on Demand: Sustainability in Practice
COVER Connect may be over but you can still catch up on all the Talks on-demand
