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The New England Rug Society (NERS) is an informal, non-profit organization of people interested in enriching their knowledge and appreciation of antique oriental rugs and textiles.

NERS members gather six to eight times each year at meetings which usually feature an outside speaker and focus on a particular theme related to the rug field, with an occasional textile topic included for variety. Meetings are held in various locations in the greater Boston area, depending on the subject.

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Next Meeting - February 10 - A Night at the MFA. NERS member Lauren Whitley will again welcome us to the MFA, where we'll walk through Beauty as Duty (a show of 1940s textiles and costumes) and view four important Chinese carpets on exhibition as well as rugs pulled from storage just for us.

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Calendar

Event Calendar for the 2011/2012 Season

Sept. 23rd

Judith Dowling, Japanese Folk Textiles. How these wonderful textiles were made and used, with a selection of pieces from this Boston scholar/dealer's collection. (ALMA)

Oct. 21st

Nurhan Atasoy, Ottoman Imperial Tents. An eminent Istanbul professor and curator will explain how these splendid royal tents take their inspiration from Ottoman palace architecture and decoration. (First Parish)

Nov. 18th

Tom Hannaher, Early Kuna Molas. Our fellow NERS member will introduce us to the endlessly imaginative blouse panels made by Kuna women of the San Blas Islands, off Panama. (First Parish)

Feb. 10th

A Night at the MFA. NERS member Lauren Whitley will again welcome us to the MFA, where we'll walk through Beauty as Duty (a show of 1940s textiles and costumes) and view four important Chinese carpets on exhibition as well as rugs pulled from storage just for us.

March 23rd

Peter Poullada, Lebab Turkmen and Their Interactions with the Local Uzbeks. This San Francisco rug scholar will present his ethnographic findings, with historical photos, about Oxus-region Turkmen weavers. (ALMA)

April (TBD)

Collector Series: Alan Varteresian. Julia Bailey will present highlights from the stellar rug collection of this beloved longtime NERS member, and Alan himself will comment and reminisce. (Grogan and Co.)

May 20th

The annual picnic, moth market and show-and-tell session. At the Gore Place, Waltham, MA.

View the event calendars from previous seasons

Membership

Annual membership dues are: Student: $25, Single: $45, Couple: $65, Supporting: $90, Patron: $120.

New members	If you would like to join NERS (of course you would!), you can pay your dues online via PayPal or you can print out the PDF membership form and mail it in along with a check.

Current members	When you receive your yearly renewal notice (usually mid-summer) either pay your dues online with Paypal or send in a check.

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Site last updated on 11/20/11