Featured in HALI 197 ‘Postcard from Kyiv’ recounts the journey of carpet dealer and scholar Aaron Nejad who returned to Ukraine in 2018 in order to seek out some truth in the story of the region’s distinctive and desirable ‘Bessarabian’ kilims. An abridged version of the article follows below. To aid the ongoing crisis in… Read more »
Visiting Anglo-Canadian collector Bob Bell at his home in the Cotswolds, Aaron Nejad finds a passionate, experienced and well-informed man who lives surrounded by an eclectic array of rugs, and who, despite the demands of a busy professional career, always finds time to enjoy and share. The following is an abridged article from HALI 199 – coming soon!
LARTA, The London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair, a celebration of colour and design in antique rug and textile art from 22-27 January 2019.
This year’s Antique Rug and Textile Show in San Francisco was held at the newly renovated Greenwich Inn, a 1950’s era motel at 2055 Steiner Street, 27-29 October. Emma Gardner reports.
Mike Tschebull writes: When you lose an influential long-term friend, it is sobering and reminds you we are all mortal. Russ Pickering was my entry into the relatively closed world of a club for collectors of antique rugs and textiles, and we have been close for many years. In the 1960s, he was one of… Read more »
