HALI NEWSLETTER No. 470

[View this email in your browser]( The Whitehawk Antique Indian and Ethnographic Art Show, which has been a Santa Fe tradition for over 45 years, will take place from 9–12 August at the Santa Fe Convention Center. Bringing together more than 125 of the world’s most knowledgeable experts, visitors will encounter thousands of historic art objects made by Indigenous cultures around the world, presented in vibrant displays. From textiles and pottery to jewellery, basketry, beadwork, woodcarving and more, the show highlights the artistry, imagination and tribal traditions of largely unknown artisans. The event will also feature a special exhibition entitled 'Art of Timeless Beauty, the Navajo Child's Blanket', previously held at the Taos Art Museum, New Mexico, featuring examples of Diné (Navajo) 19th-century child’s blankets. The show explores the evolution of designs, from simple bands and stripes to more elaborate and complex patterns, and the historical context that forced weavers to adapt to a changing world and oppressive conditions. [Find out more.]( Dedicated to Mingei—the folk-craft movement developed in 1920 –30s Japan— 'Art Without Heroes: Mingei' features ceramics, woodwork, paper, textiles, photos and film. Its name coined by philosopher and critic Yanagi Sōetsu to mean ‘the art of the people’, Mingei developed in response to rapid industrialisation, in dialogue with the work of William Morris and his contemporaries. The exhibition is showing at the William Morris Gallery in London until 22 September 2024. Now is the time to register for COVER Connect New York! The boutique show for leading high-end rug brands is returning to Manhattan in just under two months from 14–16 September. Hosted by HALI's sister publication, COVER magazine, the fourth edition of the show will host forty dynamic companies, including Zollanvari, Anadol Rug Co. and Eliko Rug Gallery. Register before 22 July and you'll be in with a chance of winning two free hotel nights during the show. Welcome back to [#RugFactFriday]( where the focus for the next instalment is on dating rugs. Over the years, HALI has commissioned ongoing study towards a new history of the carpet. In 2016, HPL chairman Michael Franses delivered a summary ‘work-in-progress’ census of the oldest-known surviving pile and tapestry-woven carpets to the New England Rug Society. His presentation, which features in an article from [HALI 200]( included early weavings which may pre-date the iconic ‘Pazyryk’ carpet, commonly believed to be the oldest existing carpet. Franses begins: 'We will never know where or when carpets were invented, perhaps in different places in different times. The evidence is lost. But we know enough today to warrant a substantial rewriting of the conventional history of the carpet before 800 CE. Literally millions of carpets have been made over the past 5,000 years, and if we were to compare the number that has survived with those that must have been made, it is miniscule.' He goes on to list discoveries by scholars regarding the first evidence of carpet weaving, explaining that Elizabeth Barber told us 'around 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia sheep were being bred especially for their wool'; and I.N. Khlopin presented 'possible evidence of pile carpets found in Kara Kala in Turkmenistan from 3,000–3,500 years ago'. The Pazyryk carpet, now in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, dates to 383-200 BCE and was discovered in a frozen tomb in the Altai region of southern Siberia by the Soviet archaeologist Sergei Rudenko in 1948. Franses describes it as 'an extraordinary work of art, so full of pictorial information that it has been written about numerous times'. Yet the Pazyryk is not the focus of this specific article. Instead, the author explores three early ‘Iranian’ pile, tapestry, and mixed technique weavings that rigorous scientific analysis—including C-14 dating and HPLC-DAD dye testing—suggests may pre-date or parallel the Pazyryk. The full article can be accessed with a digital subscription to HALI, which occurs automatically with a normal subscription to the magazine, or which can be bought separately. [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