HALI NEWSLETTER No. 387

[View this email in your browser]( [News] A magazine subscription is the gift that keeps giving all year round. This festive season, beat the price rise and treat yourself or someone else to HALI magazine, the quarterly publication for those with an interest in antique carpets and textiles, anthropology, tribal art and the history of design and making. For only £60/€88/$120, subscribers receive four printed issues of HALI a year. Subscriptions include searchable access to all previous editions through the HALI Archive. Unique content is reserved exclusively for the magazine. To buy a gift subscription, add your selection to the basket and you will be able to enter the details of the gift recipient at the delivery options stage of the checkout process. If you only want to read HALI in its digital form then subscriptions are available from only £49.99, compatible with computers, iPhones, iPads, Androids and a host of other devices. Digital subscriptions include access to the HALI Archive, a fully searchable online resource featuring every issue since HALI began in 1978. [Buy a subscription to HALI.]( From 12–15 January 2023, the carpet and flooring community will meet at the 33rd edition of DOMOTEX, the leading trade fair for carpets and floor coverings in Hanover, Germany. Exhibitors and visitors from all over the world are looking forward to new areas of application, alongside witnessing the latest trends and innovations. Over 720 exhibitors from fifty countries will present the best handmade and machine-woven carpets and rugs, finest parquet flooring, magnificent designer coverings, applications and installation technologies and much more. Meet market leaders and top-class exhibitors at DOMOTEX 2023 – such as CFL Flooring, Design Parkett, Li & Co, SELIT, Ter Hürne, Kastamonu, Camsa, Neuhofer, Välinge, Falquon, Flo.it, MIO, Tisca, ITKIB, ABC Italia, NK SALES, Oriental Weavers, Ragolle, Balta Rugs, Merinos and many more! In addition to excellent exhibitors, DOMOTEX 2023 features creative installations, presentations of sustainable products and exciting ceremonies such as the Carpet Design Awards. Highlights include the new Mood Spaces, room installations created by international interior designers, which represent current trends and reflect the interplay between flooring and interior design, as well as the 'Boden Schätze' exhibition where textile students present their own carpet designs. [Find out more.]( [News] The George Washington Museum in Washington, DC, has recently been donated the impressive Brick Freedman Collection of equestrian textiles. In HALI 213, the Museum’s senior curator, Sumru Belger Krody, chooses five examples from the collection that illustrate its importance and help to tell the story of humanity’s dependence on, and reverence for, the horse. In her article, Krody outlines the evolution of equestrian textiles, which initially served to 'protect the horse and its rider', eventually acquiring 'decorative and spiritual meaning' and ultimately becoming 'as elaborate as royal costumes or religious textiles'. Shown above is a Qajar saddle cover with openings for pommel and cantle, Iran, 1800–25, George Washington Museum. [Read more in HALI 213.]( We are in the process of revising our privacy policy. If you would like to unsubscribe click [here](. [Follow Us] [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [Been forwarded this email and want to receive it regularly? Subscribe to this newsletter]( Copyright © 2022 Hali Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website, or are a HALI customer. The attributions and valuations expressed by gallerists and auctioneers do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Hali Publications. Our mailing address is: Hali Publications Ltd 6 Sylvester PathLondon, England E8 1EN United Kingdom [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences](