Author

• Frank Ames

  
  Frank Ames

  Frank Ames is a textile expert with over 45 years of experience as an independent dealer, curator, scholar and writer, specializing in antique textiles with a particular emphasis on Indian/European Kashmir shawls. As a Parisian resident for many years, he refined his expertise by organizing specialized auctions at Drouot. Ames is renowaned for his two seminal books on shawls: The Kashmir Shawl and its Indo-French Influence (1997); and Woven Masterpieces of Sikh Heritage (2010), which have brought him often in close liaison with private collectors, museums, and institutions worldwide.