Highlights from HALI 217:  

Profile - Alberto Levi Robert Mann is something of a carpet restoration guru, with a career spanning more than forty years

Anatomy of an object

A Nasrid silk in a remarkably fine state, from the Hispanic Society of America

Common thread

Across a historical continuum, poetry and woven works have engaged in dialogue. Whether it is incorporated as calligraphic inscription or pictorial conceit, poetic verse in textiles helps to visually transmit messages concerning mortality, love and religious faith

Features

A study of the 19th-century Syrian ‘aba garment 

• A new book explores how the hippie generation travelled east and brought back textile treasures 

• Evocative paper labels on Indian textiles tell stories of an India that was 

• Four carpets at the Horniman Museum in London offer a virtual tour of Romania’s geography and history 

• Armenian needle lace at the Fowler Museum embody stories of community 

• The connection between people and salt, told through salt bags 

• The concept of pun in pua’ kumbu’ textiles

Marketplace

The late British decorator Robert Kime’s collection is offered for auction at Dreweatts, Newbury • Auction price guide

Exhibitions

‘Loose Ends: The Art of Weaving’ at MARKK, Hamburg • ‘Textile Treasures from Sainte-Foy Abbey in Conques’ at Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg, introduced by Dominique Wyss

Last page

A new exhibition at the RISD Museum features 150 years of Diné textiles for wearing * Beautifully Illustrated Advertisements from the Leading Carpet, Rug, and Textile Dealers, Galleries, and Exhibitions in the World

* Auction Price Guide, Reports & Previews
* News . Fairs . Galleries . Market Report . Network . Calendar

Letters . Fragments . Postcard . Preview . Gallery . Books . 

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The world leader in its field, HALI (the name means carpet in Turkish) is the glue that holds the international rug and textile art market together. Described as -- the benchmark against which all other art publications measure their quality --, HALI is an international quarterly magazine of exceptional style, brimming with information. It is essential reading for the amateur and the connoisseur alike.

Unlike other art and antiques publications, it is the single most influential force within its specialised constituency. HALI plays a pivotal role in the field of carpets and textiles, leading trends, tastes and opinions as well as promoting the business through the comprehensive nature of its editorial coverage.

HALI covers the textile arts of all cultures and periods in an eclectic mixture of articles which range from sumptuously illustrated original scholarly features to lively, provocative reviews of exhibitions and books. These are balanced by the up to date news-oriented market sections which include reports of dealers? shows worldwide, and a unique and extensively researched illustrated price guide (the most popular item in the magazine) to the most important items sold at auction.  In addition, each issue contains numerous advertisements from the leading carpet dealers, exhibits, and auction houses in the world.

Beautifully illustrated . . Published on glossy paper . Now published four times per year . Began publication in 1978

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