From the Lands of Asia
An unusual exhibition opens in Canada at the Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History in November 2016.
News: Embroidery
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Lecture: Church Embroidery in Ottoman Constantinople
Elena Papastavrou will speak on Orthodox church embroideries at King’s College London on 25 October 2016.
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Sotheby’s, Rugs & Carpets, London, 1 November 2016
Sotheby’s dedicated autumn sale of 155 carpet lots, the second since the auctioneer’s return to specialist rug sales in the Bond Street rooms, is strong on Chinese and East Turkestan pieces and also includes a small Ushak Lotto, a 17th-century Esfahan, a Type-C Star Kazak, a Mohtashem Kashan and a signed Zareh Kum Kapı prayer rug. There are numerous… Read more »
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Christie’s London, Rugs and Carpets, October/November 2016
The autumn sees rugs and carpets of note included in three different Christie’s London sales.
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Ancient Andean Textiles at Yale University Art Gallery
‘Weaving and the Social World: 3,000 Years of Ancient Andean Textiles’ is open at Yale University Art Gallery until 18 September 2016. Woven tunics, mantles and wall hangings as well as related feather, gold and silver objects, tools and ceramics ranging in date from 900 BCE to the 16th century CE are on loan from two private collections.
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Carpets, Textiles and Tapestries at Summer Olympia Fair 2016
A selection of oriental carpets, textiles and tapestries, antique and contemporary, as well as tribal art, seen on exhibitors’ stands at this year’s Olympia Fair.
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The Hollander Collection of Chinese and Central Asian Silk Textiles
A select small group of Chinese and Central Asian silk textiles from the Roger Hollander Collection are being offered in a special online exhibition and sale by Thomas Murray.
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The Art & Antiques Fair Olympia, 27 June-3 July 2016
The Art & Antiques Fair, Olympia returns to west London on 27 June to 3 July 2016.
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Phulkari exhibition, Turin
Phulkari from the private collection of Guido and Aldo Accornero Lazzarino were exhibited at the Museo d’Arte Orientale di Torino in Italy, 14 April – 15 May 2016.
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Textiles & Identity in the Medieval & Early Modern Mediterranean
The British School at Athens is organising a workshop titled ‘Textiles & Identity in the Medieval & Early Modern Mediterranean: Paradigms of Contexts and Cross-Cultural Exchanges’ to take place on 3-4 June 2016.
