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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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News |
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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View From the Fringe is now available.
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Event
Calendar |
Event Calendar for the 2011/2012 Season |
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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)
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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) |
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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) |
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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. |
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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)
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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.) |
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May 20th |
The annual picnic, moth market and
show-and-tell session. At the
Gore Place,
Waltham, MA. |
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View the
event calendars from previous seasons
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