Wednesday 25th October 2017 at 7pm
A talk by Ali Istalifi
Ali gave the successful lecture on Central Asian Ikat at the Brunei Gallery SOAS ‘World Ikat Textile Symposium’ in 2016. He was born in Afghanistan to a family of dealers for three generations on Kabul’s famous Chicken Street. He has a large collection, and unique access to the subject as a fluent speaker in Dari. He will bring textiles to show us.
Wednesday 13th December 2017 at 7pm A talk by Bernhard and Erika Bart Bernhard and Erika from Switzerland have their own project to revitalise the art of silk brocade weaving “Songket”. They will talk
Wednesday 22nd November 2017 at 7pm A talk by Helen Mears Colonel James Henry Green assembled a pre-eminent collection of textiles, photographs, notes, books and diaries from the northern hill states
Wednesday 27th - Friday 29th September 2017 Itinerary includes the Abegg Shiftung (Details on request)
