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92Anunknown hoard Elena Tsareva An extensive and high-quality UK private collection of Turkmen and other Central Asian rugs, trappings and textiles will feature in a forthcoming book. Here is a selection

102Japan and the West in dialogue Monika Bincsik The Metropolitan Museum, New York has held its first kimono exhibition. A rich history of cross-cultural influence is revealed as the story of the garment is told

106Broad horizons Daniel Shaffer Hamid Sadighi Neiriz is a man with a plan to ignite the imagination of a new generation of textile aficionados. His ambitious exhibition of kilims in partnership with Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule in Halle, Germany is part of the university’s long-standing engagement with textiles and is intended to reach out to a younger audience

122Exhibition reviews Carpets and film meet in ‘Ways’, Milan; Tapestries at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lit huania, Vilnius; ‘Cairo under Wraps: Early Islamic Textiles’ at the Royal Ontario Museum Toronto; ‘A Life in Colour’, Persian gabbehs from the Naziri Collection, Hamburg

130Conference reviews What is a carpet? – a question that speakers gathered to discuss at Stromata at the Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence, the event reviewed by Hans König; plus reports from the annual Volkmann-Treffen in Berlin and Turkmen-Treffen in Hamburg

136Book reviews Silver Treasures from the Land of Sheba: Regional Yemeni Jewellery by Marjorie Ransom is reviewed by Linda Pastorino

139Market report An embroidered silk Ming-period thangka fetches US$45 million at Christie’s Hong Kong

141Market report Ignazio Vok’s idiosyncratic and influential textile collection is about to be dispersed in a series of auctions over three years –a redistribution that reflects his personal collecting philosophy

144FairreviewJamesCohenconsiders the many highlights at affordable and inclusive ARTS in San Francisco

146Auction price guide Reports from Austria Auction Company’s October 2014 sale of Fine Antique Oriental Rugs , including the Günther Marschall Collection; plus lots from Rippon Boswell’s sale in May 2014, London’s Autumn Asia Week sales and Christie’s in New York, all featuring a string of new benchmark prices.

160LastpageStillglobe-trotting at 91, Hans König reflects on an Islamic art exhibition in Genoa in which nothing is superfluous or less than superb