Photo courtesy of Carlo Cristi Collection In the 6th century, roundel motifs began to appear on wool and silk textiles in Chinese and Iranian territories. Through the spreading of Buddhism and Islam in the 8th century, textiles with beaded, lobed, and flowery roundels spread across Eurasia; they have been found in Christian Cathedral treasuries, Egyptian […]
The Art Institute of Chicago has one large and important carpet made by Morris & Co. for the Glessner House, which is located in the historic Prairie District neighborhood of the city. The Boston architect Henry Hobson Richardson, who was hired by John and Frances Glessner to design a new home for their family in
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This talk will offer an overview of some of the more interesting rugs and textiles Lawrence Kearney has had the good fortune of handling in his eight years at Skinner Auction Gallery. After showing slides of some beautiful rugs, flatweaves and textiles from Anatolia, Northwest Persia, the Caucasus, Persian urban workshops, Central Asia and Western
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The presentation will focus on comparing and contrasting urban Moroccan and Greek Island embroideries. While both territories were isolated and ruled by the Ottoman Empire, they also had other outside influences. Morocco took inspiration from Hispano-Moresque styles, while Greek Islands were inspired by the Balkans and Italy. Established by Yosi Barzilai in SoHo in 1989,
Far Flung Urban Moroccan and Greek Embroideries: Similarities and Differences Read More »
6:00pm EDT / New York THIS ZOOM MEETING WILL BE OPEN EXCLUSIVELY TO MEMBERS OF THE HAJJI BABA CLUB This is our Annual Meeting to vote for candidates for Board of Directors We will also have New Fashioned online “Show and Tell” that will be presented in a power point presentation. Members are encouraged to
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11:00am EDT / New York RSVP: https://www.hajjibaba.org/meeting-rsvp/ Woven as a monumental pair for the Safavid dynastic shrine in northwestern Iran, the iconic Ardabil Carpets are celebrated today as masterpieces of sixteenth-century design and technique, and are located in London’s V&A Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The acquisition history of the two
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Stefano Bardini (1836-1922) was the undisputed leading dealer of the Italian and European Antique Art Market between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. He was regarded as an art expert and true connoisseur and therefore nicknamed ‘The Prince of Antiquarians’. Bardini was born in Tuscany, on April 13th 1836
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Anamnesis is Nazanin Sadr Azodi’s collaboration with four Iranian tribal women, who, in a show of rugs, use the power of recollection and the art weaving to tell their personal stories. The project explores how the tradition of rug weaving is slowly vanishing in Iran and the root cause for this. Anamnesis aims to restore
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Many traditional weavings, from a vast geographical expanse, exhibit what appear to be improvisations, variations, or indeed mistakes. At times, these variations can be quite dramatic, somewhat incompatible with the deliberate process of weaving, which raises the possibility of intention. By considering this alternative, it is possible to reinterpret a substantial portion of these apparent
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Thomas Cole is best known for his eye for textile art and, more recently, photography. A contributing editor for HALI since 1991, he has written a number of ground breaking articles on Tibetan, Chinese and Baluch rugs. Drawing upon a lifetime of field experience, “in situ”, Cole’s eye and thoughts on how he views and
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