HALI NEWSLETTER No 431

[View this email in your browser]( Bonhams Skinner is excited to host another auction of 'Fine Carpets and Rare Textiles'. This is a multi-consignor auction with a wide array of antique material for collectors, dealers, decorators and general enthusiasts of woven art. A range of carpets will feature, including beautiful Serapi and Bakhshaish examples, colourful Caucasian rugs, and a wide array of antique rugs and textiles from many other regions too. Also on offer is a range of rare and highly collectible textiles. Highlights include pieces from the Jim Dixon Collection, the Sharon and Jack Fenlon Collection, a small selection of early American hooked rugs and an important [Egyptian wedding tent](. The auction is running online from 2–12 October 2023. Viewings will be held in the Bonhams Skinner gallery in Marlborough, MA, on 10–12 October. Shown above is a fine silk Heriz prayer rug, Iran, third quarter 19th-century. Contact: T: +1 508-970-3238 E: rugs@bonhamsskinner.com [Browse the auction.]( [News] It is your last chance to see 'Janyak: Armenian Art of Knots and Loops', showing at Fowler Museum at UCLA in Los Angeles, California until 15 October 2023. Janyak, or needle lace, is a historic craft that has connected generations of Armenians throughout multiple diasporas. Created using needle and thread, it is a meticulous art form that is used to decorate clothing and furniture. The exhibition displays fourteen janyak doilies by Marie Pilibossian, an Armenian genocide survivor who emigrated to North America. Displaced Armenian women like Pilibossian 'carried this tactile tradition with them into exile and their new homes, knotting memories of survival and endurance into their lacework'. [Find out more.]( Explore the world of authentic rugs and textiles at the ARTS Antique Rug & Textile Show, which will take place at Motel Capri, 2015 Greenwich St, San Francisco CA, 94123, from 27–29 October 2023. Over the last two decades, ARTS has become a leading international event for authentic and unique antique rugs and ethnographic textiles. It is an annual highlight for collectors and dealers alike. [Find out more.]( [News] For the final chapter of our exploration of Holbein rugs for [#RugFactFriday]( we will outline some defining features of these weavings that have been discussed over the past few weeks. - Holbein carpets were produced in Anatolia from as early as the 14th century, gaining popularity in Europe in the century that followed. - These rugs gained their name from their association with the celebrated German artist Hans Holbein the Younger, who featured them in some of his iconic portraits. - They can be separated into large-pattern types (featuring panels of equal size containing octagonal medallions or an arrangement of large and small medallion panels) and small-pattern types (characterised by rows of relatively smaller medallion and interlace shapes). - They are entirely geometric, employing an array of patterns featuring lozenges, crosses and octagonal motifs within the main field. Shown above is a detail from a small-pattern Holbein carpet, Anatolia (Turkey), early 16th century. Courtesy of Rippon Boswell. These carpets have been discussed in great detail in past issues of HALI and throughout carpet scholarship. [Buy a subscription to the magazine]( to keep up to date with new discoveries, and to access the HALI archive, which contains a bounty of articles on these amazing weavings. [Follow Us] [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [Been forwarded this email and want to receive it regularly? Subscribe to this newsletter]( Copyright © 2023, Hali Publications Ltd., All rights reserved. [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences](