November 1997

96 COURT & EXPORT

DanielWalker As the world’s first ever exhibition of Indian classical rugs opens at the Met. its curator looks at the stale ol our knowledge ol carpet production during the Mughal era.

102 EXHIBITIONS

The CMA and MMA’s long awaited joint exhibition ol early Central Asian and Chinese silks opens in Cleveland, Ohio; a preview of a major display ol classical carpets at the I'M, Washington. The Egyptian afterlife at Dallas; Coptic textiles at Mariemont; resist-dyed T'ustat" fragments at the Ashmolean; Swedish textiles in Oslo; a famous early 16th century tapestrv cycle in Avignon; art of the Medici court in Florence; quilts at Dallas; Indus Valley textiles at the V&A, and orphan objects at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam.

109 BOOKS

Murray Eiland Jr. on Great Carpets of the World: V alter Denny on Bloom & Blair’s Islamic Arts: Francesca Galloway on two AEDTA titles. Le motif floral dans les tissus moghols,and Soieries bouddhiques cliinoises; and Jennifer Wearden on Samplers hv Carol Humphrey.

115 TITLES RECEIVED

Recently published books and catalogues.

116 APPENDIX

Notes, acknowledgments and supplementary information.

117 THE HALI GALLERY

A distinctive house style advertisement section.

133 MARKETPLACE NEWS

TEFAF Basel forges an identity; Herrmann rugs at SNA; the Bath trio get serious; virtual suzanis on the Internet; remembering Victor Franses and Heidi Arditti.

136 AUCTION PREVIEW

RB offer kailash Gallery carpet and textile art.

138 FAIRS

Santa Ee summer: a paradise for tribal and ethnic art.

140 MARKET REPORT

Tehran’s Miri Brothers aim to prove that quality still counts in Iranian carpet making.

142 GALLERIES

Santos Gallery show Caucasian and tribal rugs in Portland; Andean weavings at Conlon Siegal. Santa Fe; Gail Marlin marks 25 years in the New York textile art business; also on-line suzanis. didactic rugs in Galilee; Bakuba textiles in Florence; Heriz carpets in Milan; kilims in Cologne; Baluch rugs in New Hampshire and Uzbek ikats in London.

153 NETWORK

Classified advertisements.

163 CALENDAR

Worldwide listings of auctions, exhibitions, fairs and conferences.

168 PARTING SHOTS

The New York Hajji Babas at large.

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