The Rautenstracuh-Joest Museum’s new special exhibition ‘Made in Oceania: Tapa – Art and Social Landscapes’ presents a number of unique tapa (bark cloth) masterpieces dating back to the 18th century, on show until 27 April 2014.
Sotheby’s New York will offer 175 lots of ‘Carpets and Textiles from Distinguished Collections’ on 31 January 2014, making a genuine virtue of the value of provenance.
In signature style, ancient, antique & ethnographic textile art will be juxtaposed with works by contemporary fibre artists Polly Barton and James Bassler.
Views of Peter Pap’s stand at the New York Winter Antique Show, featuring an 18th century Andean Colonial tapestry, similar to the one featured in Auction Price Guide HALI 178.
The Battersea Winter Decorative Antiques Fair is pleasant and relatively low-pressure event, aimed primarily at the mid-level local (UK) antique and semi-antique decorative furnishings market.
The London Winter Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair returns to the tent in Battersea Park from 21 to 26 January 2014.
We are pleased to be able to offer ten HALI readers a complimentary pair of tickets, worth €50 each, to attend the fair and any of the fascinating lectures.
It was with great sadness that we heard of the peaceful passing of our old friend and former HALI colleague Ian Bennett, in Bath, England, during the Christmas break, aged 68.
The well-known Franco Dell’Orto antique carpet gallery in the charming San Marco area of central Venice, recently moved from it’s previous location on Via XXII Marzo to nearby Calle delle Vetse.
Two dozen important Turkish rugs from the collection of the Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu, Romania will be on display at the National Museum of Gdansk, Poland from 16th November 2013 to 16th February 2014.
