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HALI is an international quarterly magazine devoted to antique carpet, textile and Islamic art. www.Twitter.com/HALIMagazine

14/08/2025

This exceptional five-claw dragon mat (khagangma) from Tibet features in an article by Thomas Cole in HALI 224. It is an example of the mats made as seats of honour on which a high-ranking guest was welcomed into a home. It is part of a superb collection of Tibetan carpets and textiles collected by Thomas Murray, now acquired by the Minneapolis Institute of Art in a part-gift, part-purchase arrangement. There, it joins the Buddhist Shrine Room: the Alice S. Kandell Collection.

11/08/2025

An unusual silk dress made from World War II ‘escape and evasion’ maps, on loan from Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, is currently on display at the National War Museum in Edinburgh as part of the exhibition ‘Maps: Memories from the Second World War’. Originally designed for Allied airmen and soldiers, these maps served as vital survival tools, concealed within uniforms and used to aid escape if captured beyond enemy lines. This exhibition runs until 4 October 2026.

07/08/2025

A war rug, bought in Kabul in 1986, from Luca Brancati's collection appears in ‘De Bello: Notes on War and Peace’, an exhibition at Gres Art 671 in Bergamo until 12 October. It is shown alongside a late 17th century northwest Persian carpet from Fondazione Tassara Mita in Brescia.

05/08/2025

This striking Banyan made from silk woven for the Chinese Imperial Court features in our latest issue, HALI 224.

In an article named 'Rise and fall of the gentleman's robe', Alexandra Palmer traces the progress of these open-fronted gowns, from status symbol to associations with loose morals.

'The gowns were among many new foreign goods shipped by the burgeoning ‘Indies’ companies. Worn as status symbols, they illustrate class mobility, global trade, social and cultural taste, and changing ideas of masculinity.'

Buy HALI 224 via the link in our bio.

Image: Banyan, Nanjing, before 1750, tailored in Italy before 1760. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, T.77:1, 2-2009

29/07/2025

The exhibition ‘Global Threads: The Art and Fashion of Indian Chintz’ at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, Canada, traces the artistry and global influence of Indian chintz.

Eighty vibrant fabrics and historical artefacts from four continents, and spanning 1,000 years, illustrate the impact of Indian printed cottons on art, culture and design. This show runs until 28 September 2025.

Image: Royal BC Museum

22/07/2025

On show in 'Garden Futures: Designing with Nature', at V&A Dundee until 25 January 2026, are two garden-related weavings produced at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh. Both offer a 21st-century interpretation of the traditional Iranian ‘Garden Carpet’. The first is designed by the Iran-born, Dundee-trained architect Farshid Moussavi and depicts a future paradise filled with Scottish plants and endangered species including bats and red squirrels (image 1).

The other featured tapestry is the Whitburgh Garden Carpet by Dovecot’s master weaver Louise Trotter and apprentice weaver Sophie McCaffrey, inspired by its owner’s modern walled garden in West Lothian (image 2). Its colour palette shifts from autumnal tones to blue shades reminiscent of winter, capturing seasonal changes.

Images: © Dovecot Studios. Photo: Phil Wilkinson-RD

21/07/2025

The Shah Sulayman hunting carpet, the 16-metre-long Kevorkian
Hyderabad carpet and the Çintamani prayer rug are among the carpets currently on show at the Hong Kong Palace Museum.

'Wonders of Imperial Carpets: Masterpieces from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha' is a landmark exhibition showcasing carpets from Safavid Iran, Ottoman Turkey and Mughal India.

Featuring around 100 treasures from the MIA, this exhibition is divided into four sections, beginning with an overview of cultural exchange between the Islamic world and China since the 7th century, followed by focused sectors on the Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman dynasties. Each investigates the cultural impact of imperial carpets, reflecting shared traditions as well as regional styles.

This show runs until 6 October 2025.

17/07/2025

‘From India to the World: Textiles from the Parpia Collection’ runs at at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston until 21 September 2025. This show celebrates the acquisition of 187 Indian textiles from the collection of Banoo and Jeevak Parpia, one of the most comprehensive private collections of Indian textiles outside of India.

In HALI 224, Rosemary Crill guides readers through the show. The article can be accessed via a digital subscription to HALI.

Images: Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Banoo and Jeevak Parpia Collection

15/07/2025

HALI 224 has arrived! ✨

This new issue is centred on textiles and dress. It recognises the significance of clothing as a vehicle for expressing identity and affiliation, displaying wealth, status and political views.

📚HALI 224 can be bought via the link in our bio📚

Cover: Nasrid curtain fragment (detail), Granada, Spain, late 14th-early 15th century. The Textile Museum Collection.

09/07/2025

✨HALI 224 is out now!✨

This issue recognises the significance of clothing as a vehicle for expressing identity and affiliation, displaying wealth, status and political views. We look beyond the lustre and surface of the cloth to explore these layers. There are the national and religious subtexts running through Safavid figurative textiles; the influence of Sikh rule on 19th-century Kashmir textile production; North African textiles and jewellery in Marrakesh; and the outfit of Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony in Dresden. The complex web of links formed by Indian textiles is traversed, investigating a 300-year-old chintz full of grotesque creatures and soldier’s jackets destined for Siam. The Textile Museum in Washington, DC, celebrates a double anniversary; we highlight some masterpieces from its collection, including a garment incorporating both Turkish and Iranian silk fabrics. In Paris, there are exhibitions examining the eternal allure of wearing gold, and the textile influences of Charles Worth, pioneer of haute couture.

Our brand new is available to buy through the HALI website.📚

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