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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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