HALI NEWSLETTER No. 375

[View this email in your browser]( Bonhams Skinner is proud to present an exciting array of rugs and woven art in the online Art Underfoot Auction running from 26 September–6 October 2022. The auction offers a wide array of many decorative and collectible rugs including beautiful room-sized carpets, rare pieces from the Caucasus, Persia, and Anatolia, and unique textiles of great age. You will find a Karachov Kazak from the late nineteenth century in excellent condition and a large Moroccan Azemmour embroidery from the 17th century, as well as a wide array of room-sized carpets to suit all your decorative needs. Village and tribal pieces from Persia and the Caucasus are particularly well-represented in this auction, though there are also many unique pieces from Anatolia, Turkestan, and China too. This auction features something for everyone, whether you are new to the world of woven art, a dealer, a collector, or a decorator looking for the best antique rugs. Previews in Marlborough, MA by appointment. For further information: T: +1 508.970.3247 E: rugs@bonhamsskinner.com [Browse and bid.]( [News] The second lecture in New England Rug Society's third webinar series will take place on 8 October 2022 at 1pm, ET (6pm BST). Professor Luca Emilio Brancati will speak from Italy, on Afghan War Rugs: 1979–2022. He will focus on the development of Afghan war rugs from the Russian era until the present—a development that the late George O’Bannon called 'one of the most interesting phenomena in rugdom.' Dr. Brancati organised the first exhibition of Afghan war rugs and has the only known collection consisting exclusively of war rugs dating from the Russian period. Shown above is carriage cushion from Röllakan, Skytts härad, south western Skåne, dated 1780 and signed END-IHS. [Register to join.]( Dorotheum will auction almost 230 carpets and textiles at their Vienna saleroom—Palais Dorotheum, 1010 Vienna, Dorotheergasse—on 11th October 2022 from 3pm CET (6am PST/ 9am EST/ 2pm BST). The auction will include some rare and high-quality pieces from Persia including a Polonaise Carpet (Lot 87, Polonaise carpet, estimate € 12.000,-) and a signed Kirman Meshehir masterpiece (Lot 78, Kirman Meshehir, estimate €35.000,-). The sale will also offer a collection of early silk carpets (Lot 77, Heriz Silk, estimate €6,000), a group of Esfahan Serafian carpets (Lot 80, Isfahan Seyrafian, estimate €4.500) and some great Kashan Mohtashems (Lot 54, Keschan Mochtaschem, estimate €6.000). There will also be selected pieces from the Abdi Roubeni Collection (Lot 193 to Lot 228), including a small Kashan silk souf (Lot 217) from the property of the Maharaja of Patiala. There are several examples of collectable Caucasian (Lot 38, Kazak, estimate €2.200,-) and a section of south Persian gabbehs (Lot 102, double sided Gabbeh, estimate € 3.600,-). Finally, there will be a collection of Chinese and Tibetan carpets and one early Indian carpet (Lot 153, estimate € 2.600,-) that are certainly worth looking at. For further information: T: +43-515 60-271 E: vincent.pillinger@dorotheum.at [View the Dorotheum 'Oriental Carpets, Textiles and Tapestries' sale.]( Prahlad Bubbar is to present a rare Indian gold-embroidered velvet canopy, circa 1600, at Frieze Masters. In reference to the embroidery, eminent textile scholar Rahul Jain explains: 'When a subject and a period of art history are starved for examples, to come across a survivor as rare and remarkable as this is of extraordinary significance. It can be stated, at the very outset, that the sheer surface art and workmanship of this embroidery locate its production in a highly-specialised atelier connected to a leading, medieval Asiatic court. Anyone familiar with the gamut of India’s courtly textiles cannot fail to see that this velvet furnishing is a unique and outstanding survivor. While historical Indian textiles in other techniques, which are deemed comparable to this textile in one or another respect, may appear before us once in a while, it is very unlikely that a goldwork embroidery of this age, quality and completeness will be seen again. For its formal design, purity of technique and skilled workmanship, this goldwork embroidery must take its place, in fact, among the remarkable early examples of the art, which have survived from the greater Islamic world.' Frieze Masters will run from 12–16 October 2022 at The Regent’s Park, London. This year, Prahlad Bubbar will present 'Connective Threads: Historical Masterworks of Textile Design foregrounding 20th century abstraction.' Visit Prahlad Bubbar's [website]( and [Instagram page](. The London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair aka LARTA, the UK’s only specialist event for fine textile art, antique carpets, vintage rugs and associated works of art, is coming back to the capital from 24–29 January 2023. Situated on the mezzanine above The Decorative Fair at London Evolution in Battersea Park, plans are moving forward with stands being booked by returning exhibitors keen to show their newest finds to the interior designers and interested buyers. Returning exhibitors this year include experts specialising in antique Persian rugs and carpets, vintage hand-made rugs and kilims from Morocco and Turkey, decorative antique carpets and rugs, magnificent antique embroideries and textiles from Europe and the Orient, Eastern rugs, carpets, kilims and tribal dowry weavings with so many handmade and hand dyed pieces by master craftsmen. LARTA founder Aaron Nejad said, 'We are currently working on updating our website, logo, ticketing and other marketing materials for next year and will be sending out newsletters in due course, so please do sign up to receive our updates. We promise not to flood your email inbox, just timely information to keep you informed. We are delighted to have our regular exhibitors bring their excellent and unique pieces and always like to add one or two new dealers to the mix. Next year, we are pleased to welcome Nomadic Rugs Gallery and London Persian Rug Company both joining us for the first time in January 2023.' There are a couple of stands available for interested rug and/or textile dealers. Visit the LARTA [website]( or contact Aaron Nejad for more information: T: +44 (0)7976 826218 E: info@larta.net [News] The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is currently holding an [exhibition]( called 'Africa Fashion' that is running until April 2023. Celebrating the vitality and global impact of a fashion scene as dynamic and varied as the African continent itself, this show explores the richness and diversity of African histories and cultures via photographs, textiles, music and visual arts by fashion creatives from over twenty countries. An Africa Fashion Conference takes place on 18–19 November 2022 with presentations on fashion on and from the African continent from the 19th century to today. African fashion and textiles are a recurring feature throughout the HALI archives. Narrow-strip woven cloths from the eastern Volta region of Ghana and Togo are the subject of an article by Duncan Clark in HALI 186, while HALI 174 features a review of Chris Spring's book, African Textiles Today. This review discusses 'printed textiles, notably to the so-called 'wax' and 'fancy print' styles of West and Central Africa'. Shown above is a 20th century Ghanian Asante batakari (war shirt) in the The British Museum, London, as featured in HALI 174. You can read this content and access more than 40 years' worth of searchable rug and textile content, discovering articles specific to your areas of interest, by purchasing a digital subscription to HALI which grants you access to the complete HALI Archive. Today is the last day in which you can claim 20% off all HALI subscriptions and renewals using the promo code HALICOVER20 when you go to checkout. 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