Southwest Textiles database launched at Arizona State Museum
Two brand new, searchable, illustrated databases aim to share the artistry and study of American Southwestern textiles with the world.
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Historic English Quilts from the V&A in Brisbane, Australia
An inspirational exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, Australia, until 22 September 2013, features over 200 years of British quilt-making.
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Suzanis in the Romain Zaleski collection
In HALI 176 we continued our survey of the Romain Zaleski, probably the world’s largest private collection of oriental rugs and textiles.
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Baluchtreffen 2013: Prayer Rugs
Frank Martin Diehr reports: On the second weekend in June, the tiny village of Taura, near Chemnitz in Saxony became the hub of the Baluch collecting world, with participants in annual German-speaking Baluch collectors’ meeting coming from as far afield as the USA and Sweden.
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Moroccan Carpets and Modern Art in Munich
An upcoming exhibition at The International Design Museum, Munich, will center on the collection of Munich architect Professor Jürgen Adam, from 29 September 2013 till 6 January 2014.
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‘Majestic African Textiles’ in Indiana until March 2014
A stunning exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art features more than 60 pieces of antique textile art from North and Sub-Saharan Africa from the museum’s diverse collection of African textiles, one of the most comprehensive in the USA.
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An Ottoman Tent in Wawel Royal Castle
The 17th-century Turkish tent on display at the Wawel Royal Castle, Cracow, is the largest of its kind in Poland, and is one of the most valuable historical mementoes in the Wawel collection and indeed all of Europe.
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Fabulous textiles on show in Cleveland
On 30 June 2013, The Cleveland Museum of Art opened its new North Wing galleries with an inaugural exhibition ‘Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900’, which reveals the museum’s exceptional oriental textiles collection to the world for the first time in almost a decade
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Above all – the Material Culture rug and textile sale
Material Culture in Philadelphia offers visitors a unique sample on its old and new rugs and textiles on the 4th July weekend at huge discounts
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Princely Prices: Sotheby’s Treasures
Timed to coincide with the last day of the London Masterpiece Fair, Sotheby’s prestigious evening sale on 3 June 2013 of Treasures, Princely Taste, consisting of 49 well-provenanced works of art from the Renaissance to the 20th century, totalled £9,218,850. Among the successful lots were two well-known Classical period Oriental carpets consigned by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection.
