EditorialA neighborhood in Xiamen, China, Feb. 15, 2023, where He Lifeng, recently elevated to a key position overseeing the country’s economy, was a young official when the city became a bastion of small and medium-size businesses in the 1980s. (Gilles Sabrie/The New York Times)
EditorialFragments, Medium: silk, linen, metallic Technique: combination of two structures, satin and twill, Formal pattern of ogives framing central field, red and gold predominate., Turkey, 16th17th century, woven textiles, Fragments.
EditorialTextile Fragment, 14th?15th century, Attributed to Spain or North Africa, Silk; lampas, Textile: H. 29 3/4 in. (75.6 cm), Textiles-Woven, Geometric compositions predominate silk textiles of Nasrid Spain (1232?1492) and the contemporaneous Marinid Dynas...