HALI NEWSLETTER No. 458

[View this email in your browser]( Taking place on 24 April 2024, Sotheby's Arts of the Islamic World and India sale features a beautiful silk Kirman Garden rug from a private German collection (lot 77), woven after a Safavid original in the Imam Reza Shrine (Astan Quds) Carpet Museum Mashhad. This rare carpet provides a glimpse of its magnificent Safavid predecessor with a soft abrash that undulates between sea-blue and green evoking a feeling of rolling hills or rippling water in a garden setting. From the same collection comes a Safavid ‘vase’-technique carpet fragment (lot 76) woven with a lattice of split-leaf arabesques that finds a parallel in the Bernheimer blue-ground fragment, along with a Transylvanian niche rug woven in the late 17th century (lot 193). The mastery of Anatolian weaving is further showcased by a Ghirlandaio rug (lot 194), formerly in the collection of Grover Schiltz (1931-2012), Chicago, and an early 19th-century Konya coupled-column niche rug (lot 192), while a Koum Kapi carpet of Polonaise design attributable to Zareh Penyamin (lot 188) demonstrates the prowess of the great master weavers of the early 20th century. The auction will exhibited at 34-35 New Bond St, London W1A 2AA from 19–23 April. For further information, please [email](mailto:frankie.keyworth@sothebys.com) Frankie Keyworth. [View the sale.]( Offered by The Black Tent Project and HALI—led by Deniz Coşkun—this tour is being held from 24 May–5 June 2024. Participants will be taken on a journey through weaving regions in Turkey, encountering an eclectic array of rugs and textiles in Istanbul, Bursa, Bergama, Ä°zmir, Tire-Birgi, Ankara, Cappadocia, Sultanhanı and Konya, just ahead of the ICOC XV in Istanbul. Image: Turkish and Islamic Art Museum-Istanbul The artists Sabine Steinbock and Harry Koll present twelve early Anatolian kilims from their personal collection in juxtaposition with their ceramic works at this exhibition, showing at Töpfereimuseum, Langerwehe until 15 May. The show aims to explore the beauty of the imperfect, the irregular, and a quiet, natural beauty. It emphasises the wonder of ‘simple materials that only gain their value through the work of the human hand’. Don't forget that registration for DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR 2024 is open! The leading flooring show in the Asian-Pacific region, hosting 1600 exhibitors across eight halls, will return to the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai from 28-30 May 2024. 'Our show is the only dedicated international event in the region which assists the flooring community to tap into new opportunities all over Asia', explains Thomas Baert, co-founder and co-organiser of the event. Various leading companies in the industry such as Classen, Oriental Weavers, Paulig, Standard Carpet, Voxfloor (Carpet) and Zimmer (Carpet Tech), have already confirmed their participation at the 2024 edition. More than 150 international buyers and several buyer delegations will be hosted at the upcoming edition of the show. Selected buyers will benefit from a range of benefits including free accommodation, access to a dedicated lounge, free access to all onsite events and seminars as well as various entertainment. [Register and find out more.]( With the 'Decorative Arts of Iberia' HALI Tour currently underway, the focus of this month's [#RugFactFriday]( is on Iberian carpet variations. For the 'Thread of Time' feature in HALI 185, Rachel Meek looks at two Spanish textiles manufactured from different fibres for patrons of different faiths, that betray a complex and long-lasting tussle for control of the Iberian Peninsula. She begins by explaining that 'Arab and Berber troops from North Africa invaded Iberia in the 8th century. Under Islamic rule, sericulture became widespread in al-Andalus, and silks of Spanish manufacture are mentioned in 9th-century records held at the Vatican. Treasured grave clothes were taken on military expeditions in the event of death on campaign. The military Banner of Las Navas de Tolosa is believed to be a war trophy donated to the Monastery of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas in Burgos by Ferdinand III between 1212 and 1250 following its capture from the Almohad Sultan al-Nasir, who led a Muslim army against the Christians.' Textile production changed following the Muslim surrender of their last Iberian city of Granada in 1492: 'Under Christian control, silk production in Iberia declined and wool took over as the even more lucrative fibre of choice.' Meek compares the aforementioned Banner of Las Navas de Tolosa and a Cuenca carpet in her article, two pieces that 'represent the shifting ownership of territory in medieval Spain'. According to her, they demonstrate the fact that while religious beliefs remained violently opposed, 'the decorative heritage of the multicultural region reveals stylistic confluences and a shared decorative taste'. Read the full article with a digital subscription to HALI. [Find out more.]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Website]( [LinkedIn]( Copyright © 2023 Hali Publications, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: HALI Publications 6 Sylvester Path London, Hackney E8 1EN United Kingdom Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Hali Publications Ltd · 6 Sylvester Path · London, England E8 1EN · United Kingdom