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Event Calendar for the 2010/2011 Season |
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Sept. 10 |
Austin Doyle,
"Eastern Caucasian Rugs." A collector and Washington Hajji Baba
member, Austin will focus on the widely admired rug types he
prefers. (First
Parish) |
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Oct. 8 |
Mae Festa, "My First Forty Years of
Collecting." Wendell Swan will present highlights from the textile
collection of this beloved NERS member and longtime textile art
consultant, and Mae herself will comment and reminisce.
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Nov. 5 |
Stefano lonescu, "Tuduc Fakes in
European and American Collections." The noted Romanian scholar,
author, and tour guide will introduce us to the infamous forger
Theodor Tuduc, whose "reproductions" have fooled many a
prestigious museum. |
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Feb. 4 |
Museum of Fine Arts textile curator
Lauren Whitley will lead a tour of the textiles in twenty
galleries of the newly opened American Wing of the museum.
7PM at the
MFA. |
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March 11 |
Richard Laursen, "Analysis of Dyes
in Historical Textiles: A Consideration of Some Nineteenth-Century
Uzbek Suzanis." The former Boston University chemistry professor
will offer an audience-friendly analysis of the spectacular colors
in these embroidered textiles. At the UNA
Senior Living Community, Somerville, MA. |
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April 15 |
Susan Lind-Sinanian
on "Caspar
Pilobosian's Collection of Caucasian Rugs." Generous NERS member
and textile curator of the Armenian Library and Museum of America,
Susan will introduce the current exhibition at ALMA and lead us on
a gallery tour. (ALMA)
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May 21 |
The annual picnic, moth market and
show-and-tell session. At the
Gore Place,
Waltham, MA. |
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Event Calendar for the 2009/2010 Season |
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Sept. 25th |
Wendel Swan
presented
"Color, Color, Color -- the Appeal of Oriental Rugs"
(First
Parish) |
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Oct. 9th |
Bertram Frauenknecht
presented "Shahsavan Weavings" (First
Parish) |
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Nov. 6th |
Robert Mann
presented "“Cleaning Oriental Rugs: Making Sense of the
Options" (Collins
Gallery) |
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Feb. 5th |
Alberto Levi
presented “Primitivism and
Abstraction in Persian Tribal Flatweaves”
(Collins
Gallery) |
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Mar. 19th |
Jeff Spurr
presented “Style and Identity,
People or Place: The Case for Lakai Suzanis” (First
Parish) |
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April 16th |
Thomas Farnham on
"The History of Great
Classical Persian Carpets" (ALMA)
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May 15th |
The annual picnic, moth market and
show-and-tell session. At the
Gore Place,
Waltham, MA. |
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Event Calendar for the 2008/2009 Season |
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Sept. 5th |
Harald Böhmer -- Anatolian Nomads (First
Parish) |
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Oct. 24th |
John Kreifeldt --
Textiles of Borneo (First
Parish) |
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Nov. 14th |
Daniel
Walker -- Mughal Carpets (First
Parish) |
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Feb. 20th |
John Collins --
Persian Bags (Collins
Gallery) |
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March 27th |
Jean Burks
-- American Quilts
(First
Parish) |
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April 17th |
Mike
Tschebull -- Caucasian Rugs
(ALMA)
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May 16th |
The annual picnic, moth market and
show-and-tell session. At the
Gore Place,
Waltham, MA. |
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Event Calendar for the 2007/2008 Season |
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Sept. 21st |
Jerry Becker
discussed Navajo weavings (First
Parish) |
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Oct. 19th |
Ann Nicholas & Rich Blumenthal
discussed South Persian
Tribes and Tribal Weaving (Collins
Gallery) |
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Nov. 16th |
Mary Jo Otsea
presented "State of the Market" (First
Parish) |
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Jan. 25th |
Dr. Mehemmet
Deviren presented "Modern Oriental Antique Rugs — Forgeries and Fraud"
(First
Parish) |
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March 14th |
Jurg Rageth
presented
"Design
Transitions of Central Asia, 600-1900 AD".
(First
Parish) |
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April 11th |
Gary and Susan
Lind-Sinanian discussed Armenian
textiles (ALMA)
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May 17th |
The annual picnic, moth market and
show-and-tell session. At the
Gore Place,
Waltham, MA. |
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Event Calendar for the 2006/2007 Season |
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Sept. 22nd |
Wendel Swan
presented "The Oriental Carpet – Islamic
Art with Ancient Roots” (First
Parish) |
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Oct. 13th |
Jim Blackmon
presented “The Gateway Tunic of Tiwanaku: The World’s Most
Important Ancient Textile?”
(First
Parish) |
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Dec. 1st |
Fred Mushkat
discussed Nomadic Bands (First
Parish) |
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Feb. 16th |
John Collins
discussed Persian Rugs (Collins
Gallery) |
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Mar. 23rd |
Fred Ingham
facilitated "Good Rug/Great Rug"
(First
Parish) |
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April 13th |
Tom Hannaher discussed
collecting on a budget (ALMA)
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May 5th |
The annual picnic, moth market
and show-and-tell session. (South Plymouth, MA) |
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Event Calendar for the 2005/2006 Season |
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Sept. 16th |
Jon Thompson presented
“How the Great Carpets Were Made – Some Observations”
(Collins
Gallery) |
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Oct. 14th |
Erik Risman
presented “Trappings of the
Middle Amu Darya – an Excursion into
what is commonly called Ersari/Beshir” (ALMA)
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Nov. 11th |
Alberto Boralevi
presented
"Prayer Rugs or
Curtains for the Gate of Heaven—The use of niche
shaped rugs in the Muslim,
Jewish, and Christian houses of worship". (First
Parish) |
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Jan. 14th |
Silver and Shawls
exhibition tour, led by Jeff Spurr, at
the
Arthur M. Sackler Museum. |
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Feb. 24th |
Mike Tschebull
Show & Tell on North-West Persian Weavings
(First
Parish) |
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March 17th |
Jenny Wood discussed natural dyes (First
Parish) |
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April
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No meeting -
ACOR 8, Boston, MA. |
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May 20th |
The annual picnic, moth market
and show-and-tell session. Dedham, MA. |
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Event Calendar for the 2004/2005 Season |
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09/24/04 |
James Douglas presented "The
Artistry of Baluch Weavings" (First
Parish) |
| 10/22/04 |
Peter Poullada
presented "Nomadic Life in the
Hindu Kush" (First
Parish) |
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11/13/04 |
Val Arbab led a
Saturday workshop on Rug Identification
and Structure (First
Parish) |
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02/25/05 |
Sumru Belger
Krody presented "Classical Traditions in
Anatolian Carpets" (ALMA) |
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03/18/05 |
Diana Myers
presented "The Splendor of Bhutanese Textiles" (First
Parish) |
| 04/17/05 |
Anne Nicholas & Rich Blumenthal
presented "Tribal Weavings of South Persia" (Collins
Gallery, Newburyport, MA) |
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05/21/05 |
The annual picnic, moth market
and show-and-tell session (Concord, MA) |
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Event Calendar for the 2003/2004 Season |
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09/21/03 |
John Collins Exhibition and Lecture on
South Persian Tribal Rugs (Collins
Gallery, Newburyport, MA) |
| 10/24/03 |
Betsy Benjamin
discussed Japanese Wax Resist Textiles (First
Parish) |
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11/14/03 |
Peter Stone
presented "Oriental Rug Motif Origins"
(Skinner) |
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02/20/04 |
Seref Ozen
discussed Central Asian rugs
and textiles (First
Parish). |
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03/19/04 |
Harald Böhmer
presented "Understanding Natural and Synthetic Dyes in
Oriental Rugs." (First
Parish) |
| 04/16/04 |
Jim Adelson and Yon Bard
presented an "Out of the Cedar Chest"
session with a focus on
Turkmen weavings. (ALMA) |
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05/22/04 |
The annual picnic, moth market
and show-and-tell session (Concord, MA) |
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Event Calendar for the 2002/2003 Season |
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09/20/02 |
Monisha Ahmed discussed Ladakh nomad weavings (Bemis
Hall) |
| 11/01/02 |
Natalia Nekrassova discussed Ersari rugs (Bemis
Hall) |
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12/07/02
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Special
tour of
the Prayer Rug exhibit at the
Arthur M. Sackler Museum,
Harvard University, Cambridge |
| 02/07/03 |
Charles
Lave & Bethany Mendenhall
presented "Out of the Cedar Chest"
(ALMA) |
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03/14/03 |
Tom Hannaher
presented "The Enigmatic Art of Ancient South American Textiles" (First Parish in
Lincoln, it's the stone building across the street from
Bemis Hall) |
| 04/04/03 |
Bertram Frauenknecht presented "Collecting
Through the Eyes of a Dealer"
(Skinner, Inc., Boston) |
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05/10/03 |
The annual picnic, moth market
and show-and-tell session (Concord, MA) |
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Event Calendar for the 2001/2002 Season |
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10/10/01 |
Elena Tsareva
spoke on the
origin of Turkoman design motifs (Bemis
Hall) |
| 11/30/01 |
Mark
Hopkins emceed Good
Rug? Great Rug? (Bemis
Hall) |
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01/19/02
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Julia Bailey hosted a tour of
Persian textiles in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| 03/01/02 |
Raoul Tschebull
discussed Kazak rugs (ALMA) |
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03/22/02 |
Al Saulniers presented New Opportunities in Moroccan Tribal Weaving
(Bemis
Hall)
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| 04/19/02 |
Jeff Spurr presented
Collecting Rugs and Textiles in Late Nineteenth Century
Persia: Ronald Graham's Photo Album
(Skinner, Inc., Boston) |
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05/18/02 |
The annual picnic, moth market
and show-and-tell session (Concord, MA) |
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