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Contents 10 In this issue Issue 193 Autumn 2017 42 Compass 15Editorial Current displays in St Petersburg, London, Toronto and Istanbul, especially of carpets, point to HALI’s ongoing role in accessing the inaccessible 23Dialogue Carpets at the Florence Biennale; Islamic Art in Toronto; Rug by Howard Hodgkin; the Scythians at the British Museum; three exhibitions from the de Young 26Diary The editor’s pick of international exhibitions, fairs and auctions in the next quarter 31Calendar International listings for the next quarter 32Thread of time Rachel Meek The choice of materials, the techniques and pictorial clues placed between decorative motifs hint at the social identity and beliefs of two textiles’ creators 34Travellers’ tales Tina Tabone Art lovers converge on Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris for Parcours des Mondes, the world’s premier annual international showcase for all things tribal 38Interview Thomas Cole As he heads for retirement after nearly half a century as a carpet dealer, Emmett Eiland of the Oriental Rug Company in Berkeley looks back over the birth and rebirth of the business. 41Comment Asli Samadova The project leader of the 5th International Symposium on Azerbaijani Carpets in Baku explains the genesis of the event and the Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture’s close involvement and plans for the future 42Anatomy of an object Rachel Meek A current show at The Met uses the currency of cows to illustrate the expense of tapestries Features 56The Russian treasures Daria Vasilyeva and Anastassia Teplyakova Two encyclopaedic exhibitions reveal the true nature and extent of the State Hermitage Museum’s textile collections in St Petersburg 66Glaoui Gebhart Blazek Berber flatweaves from the collection of Abdelhay Alouani Bibi were presented to the HALI Tour group in Morocco last May 70Italy’s second Renaissance Francesca Zardini ‘Intreccio del Novecento’ demonstrates how 20th-century Italian artists brought textile art back to life 74Parades of mystery James Opie Could investigation into the symbolism practised by a native Iranian tribe open up a new channel of communication with the ancient past?

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Contents 10

In this issue Issue 193 Autumn 2017

42

Compass 15Editorial Current displays in St Petersburg, London, Toronto and Istanbul, especially of carpets, point to HALI’s ongoing role in accessing the inaccessible

23Dialogue Carpets at the Florence Biennale; Islamic Art in Toronto; Rug by Howard Hodgkin; the Scythians at the British Museum; three exhibitions from the de Young

26Diary The editor’s pick of international exhibitions, fairs and auctions in the next quarter

31Calendar International listings for the next quarter

32Thread of time Rachel Meek The choice of materials, the techniques and pictorial clues placed between decorative motifs hint at the social identity and beliefs of two textiles’ creators

34Travellers’ tales Tina Tabone Art lovers converge on Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris for Parcours des Mondes, the world’s premier annual international showcase for all things tribal

38Interview Thomas Cole As he heads for retirement after nearly half a century as a carpet dealer, Emmett Eiland of the Oriental Rug Company in Berkeley looks back over the birth and rebirth of the business.

41Comment Asli Samadova The project leader of the 5th International Symposium on Azerbaijani Carpets in Baku explains the genesis of the event and the Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture’s close involvement and plans for the future

42Anatomy of an object Rachel Meek A current show at The Met uses the currency of cows to illustrate the expense of tapestries

Features 56The Russian treasures Daria Vasilyeva and Anastassia Teplyakova Two encyclopaedic exhibitions reveal the true nature and extent of the State Hermitage Museum’s textile collections in St Petersburg

66Glaoui Gebhart Blazek Berber flatweaves from the collection of Abdelhay Alouani Bibi were presented to the HALI Tour group in Morocco last May

70Italy’s second Renaissance Francesca Zardini ‘Intreccio del Novecento’ demonstrates how 20th-century Italian artists brought textile art back to life

74Parades of mystery James Opie Could investigation into the symbolism practised by a native Iranian tribe open up a new channel of communication with the ancient past?

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