The history and traditions of carpet weaving in Asia – and ways in which eastern carpets were introduced to Europe and European interiors. This session will focus particularly on the court carpets of the great Islamic empires of the 14th to 19th centuries.
Susan Scollay is an internationally recognised specialist in textiles and carpets and Islamic art and culture. She is contributing editor of HALI, the London-based journal of carpet, textile and Islamic art, and is currently completing a PhD at La Trobe University, Melbourne
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