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In this issue Issue 182 Winter 2014
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Compass
Features
11EditorialTherenewal of institutions in the carpet world, opportunities for engaging a new audience and HALI returns to Olympia
25DialogueHighlightsfrom the Burrell Collection leave Glasgow on tour; a new gallery in Beirut; letters from Tom Cole and David Sorgato; remembering Mary Burkett OBE and Sheikh Saud al-Thani
30DiaryOurchoice of the most important rug and textile events during the next quarter
33CalendarSomeofthebest fairs, auctions, exhibitions and conferences of the season
34Thread of time The far-flung reaches of the British Empire and battles for independence are evident in print on Fijian barkcloth and a French toile de Jouy
36Travellers’ tales Philippa Scott Discovering ever-changing rug treasures in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand
38InterviewUSartistRichard Tuttle reflects on five diverse textiles from his collection 41CommentMalinLonnbergConfrontingattitudes towards textiles in the contemporary art world 42Anatomy of an object Hadi Maktabi Illuminating finds as a Northwest Persian carpet with an inscription is dissected
66Breaking new ground The President of the Board of Trustees introduces The Textile Museum, reopening in March 2015, while multiple curators survey the museum's inaugural exhibition in its brand new home on the Foggy Bottom campus of the US capital’s George Washington University
80Motifs in mulberry silk Tulsi Vatsal Fine examples of Baluchar saris from Bengal could be seen in the recent Tapi Collection exh ibition in Mumbai. Acclaimed for their pictorial and tactile qualities, Baluchar textiles are a testament to the weaving skills of an era that ended more than a century ago, but many questions remain unanswered
86Mastery with a twist Sarah W. Mallory The spiralling, energetic forms that characterise the work of Pieter Coecke van Aelst were celebrated in a major exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum, New York – a show that gives his tapestries their rightful status