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In this issue Issue 188 Summer 2016

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Compass

Features

15Editorial With Iran now able to play a full part in the international carpet market, its rich weaving tradition and cultural treasures are considered

27Dialogue Peranakan style; LARTA moves; Navajo weaving in New Mexico; Jameel Prize 4; Autumn in Vienna; Istanbul Carpet Week; rugs in New York

30Diary The editor’s pick of international exhibitions, fairs and events featuring carpets, textiles and tribal art in the next quarter

35Calendar The best upcoming auctions, exhibitions, fairs and conferences for carpets and textiles

36Thread of time The ruins of the ancient Achaemenid capital of Persepolis are the subject matter for two very different 19th-century Persian carpets

38Travellers’ tales Rachel Meek Following the success of the first HALI Tour to Armenia and Georgia last September, HALI returned with another group of international guests for nine days in May

42Interview Markus Voigt Researcher, collector, former gallerist and radiocarbon-dating pioneer Jürg Rageth on his recently-published magnum opus on Turkmen carpets

47Comment Ben Evans HALI’s editor reflects on the rich post-embargo potential for modern carpet production and international trade

48Anatomy of an object Ben Evans The embroidered silk shawls of the Punjab combine the aesthetic of folk art with the rich, varied hues of precious luxury

70Silks from Mazandaran Soheila Shayegan Reflections on the past and future of silk weaving in this remote part of northern Iran

76A collector’s memoir Parviz Tanavoli The celebrated Iranian sculptor, collector, scholar and interpreter of his country's traditional weaving culture muses on life as a committed collector and writer, and on the collateral rewards of the collecting habit

90The Tehran treasury Turaj Zhuleh A selection of little seen or published Persian masterworks including classical weavings in The National Carpet Museum, Tehran, established in the late 1970s

102Court and cosmos Abridged extracts from the catalogue highlight the textile focus of the Seljuk exhibition just ended at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York