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Sept 20, 2011 |
Dr. Jon Thompson Late Mamluk Carpets: Some New Observations |
Dr. Jon Thompson has been one of the most important scholars and authors, particularly in the study of classical carpets. Thompson became interested in carpets and textiles while practicing medicine in London. His interest in the study of rugs and resulting publications earned the attention of Louise Mackie, then curator at The Textile Museum. What began as a private interest became a second career and, from 2001 to 2007, Thompson held the position of May Beattie Fellow in Carpet Studies at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology and the Khalili Research Centre, at the University of Oxford. In this capacity, he directed the Beattie Carpet Archive, working towards the establishment of a database of images and notes on carpets made by May Hamilton Beattie (1908-1996) in order to make her research available to scholars. His work also involved teaching courses on carpets and textiles of the Islamic world at Oxford University and at the British Museum. Though now retired from Oxford, Thompson continues to teach in London at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Click here for a list of Dr. Thompson's publications. |
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Oct 20, 2011 |
Hans Koenig Reciprocal Trefoil Border in East Turkestan and Elsewhere |
A connoisseur and collector of Old Master and modern paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts as well as carpets, Hans Koenig is an authority on Chinese and Central Asian carpets, a recipient of the prestigious Joseph V. McMullan Award, and the author of several highly-regarded books, in particular Splendor of the Sons of Heaven, Imperial Chinese Carpets, the catalogue of the ground-breaking exhibition he and Michael Franses organized in Cologne in 2005. |
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Nov. 13, 2011 NOON |
Mary Jo Otsea Sothebys Auction Preview |
As a special November event, we are honored to have fellow Hajji, Mary Jo Otsea, Senior Vice President/Worldwide Director of Sotheby’s, lead a private walk-through focusing on the rugs, textiles and carpets lots of the Decorative Arts auction for our membership on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at noon, prior to the galleries opening to the general public. Members are asked to meet in the lobby of Sotheby’s at 72nd & York Ave. promptly at noon. |
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Nov 14, 2011 |
Wendel Swan Rugs are All About Color! |
Wendel Swan is an eclectic collector of oriental rugs as well as Swedish folk weavings. A recipient of the Joseph V. McMullan Award, he has been a frequent and popular speaker on textile arts at the Textile Museum and at various rug societies and conferences. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Textile Museum and Chair of the Executive Committee of the ICOC. |
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Dec 15, 2011 |
Kurt Munkacsi |
Kurt Munkacsi is a well known Turkmen collector and former president of the Hajji Baba Club. He has lectured at the Textile Museum, ACOR, New England Rug Society, and numerous other rug societies. He was profiled in HALI’s New York Collectors Issue, has published articles in HALI and was co-author of the catalog “Bigger is Better, Main Carpets of the Turkmen” |
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Jan 23, 2012 |
Shelia Canby Aroma of Romance in Middle Eastern Art |
After serving as the Curator of Islamic Art and Antiquities at the British Museum, London, Sheila R. Canby became the Patti Cadby Birch Curator in Charge of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Department of Islamic Art in 2009. In addition to publishing extensively and lecturing widely, she organized numerous exhibitions at the British Museum, including the highly acclaimed Shah ‘Abbas: The Remaking of Iran. |
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Due to a death in the speaker's family, Ruth Barnes' lecture originally scheduled for February 22nd is postponed until further notice. |
Ruth Barnes Central Asian Ikat Coats in the Ashmolean Museum |
Ruth Barnes is the Textile Curator, Department of Eastern Art, at the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. A specialist in Indian Ocean trade, she is currently the lead curator for three galleries at the Ashmolean: Asian Crossroads, West Meets East, and Textiles. Among her most recent publications are Textiles from the Islamic World: The Lloyd Cotsen Textile Traces Collection and Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey |
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Feb. 28, 2012 |
Elena Tsareva THE ORIGIN OF PILED WEAVING |
Dr. Elena Tsareva is Head of Textile Research at the Kunstkamera Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. She is a leading research specialist representing the Kunstkamera Museum at the Russian Academy of Sciences. She has been a world renown curator for over 30 years specializing in ethnographic textiles of Central Asia and Turkmen weaving. Participated in every International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC) since 1975 and has been the compiling editor for HALI Magazine for over 20 years. |
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Mar 5, 2012 |
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Florica Zaharia joined the Department of Textile Conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1988, becoming the Acting Associate Conservator in Charge in 2003 and the Conservator in Charge in 2005. She has contributed to numerous major tapestry conservation projects including treatments of The Courier with the Rose, The Start of the Hunt of the Unicorn, and Christ is Born as Man’s Redeemer, which is also known as the Burgos Tapestry. In addition she recently oversaw the installation of Tapestry in the Baroque: Threads of Splendor, an exhibition that enjoyed overwhelming success |
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Apr 11, 2012 |
New York's Great Carpet Collectors - |
Tom Farnham is the author of the history of the Hajji Baba Club, the editor with Danny Shaffer of Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies, a Research Associate at The Textile Museum, a member of the Executive Committee of the ICOC, and a recipient of both the Joseph V. McMullan Award and the Homer D Babbidge, Jr. Award. |
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