Meeting

The Coffee House Club 20 West 44th St 6th Floor New York, NY 10036 Doors open 6:00pm Lecture 6:45pm Eberhart Herrmann introduces a new discipline which he has named Applied Mathematics in Art History. He discusses a few basic patterns, lay-outs and measures used in Oriental carpet and textile art, deduced from the observation of […]

The Coffee House Club 20 West 44th St 6th Floor New York, NY 10036 Doors open 6:00pm Lecture 6:45pm “Woven transport and storage bags from western and central Asia: How they were produced and used and why they continue to beguile collectors.” The technology of nomadism, including what nomads wove, of what material, and for

The Coffee House Club 20 West 44th St 6th Floor New York, NY 10036 Doors open 6:00pm Lecture 6:45pm This talk will focus on seventeenth century Caucasian Dragon Rugs. The myth of the dragon traveled along the Silk Road, on the backs of camels through the villages of Karabagh, Tabriz, and Baku, on its way

The Coffee House Club 20 West 44th St 6th Floor New York, NY 10036 Doors open 6:00pm Lecture 6:45pm Professor Walter B. Denny has taught at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst Art History Program since 1970. His primary field of study is the art and architecture of the Islamic world, in particular the artistic traditions of

The Coffee House Club 20 West 44th St 6th Floor New York, NY 10036 Doors open 6:00pm Lecture 6:45pm “Carpets of Gold and Silk:” Deluxe Carpet Production in Seventeenth Century Iran. Carpets produced in 17th century Iran, under Shah ‘Abbas and his successors, are typically made of luxury materials – silk, soft and lustrous sheep

1stdibs@NYC 200 Lexington Avenue, (32nd St) 10th floor New York, NY Reception: 6pm to 9pm After 50+ years of collecting Mae Festa has decided to let go of much of her collection, and is having an exhibition, curated by DeWitt Mallary, and sale in conjunction with Peter Pap Oriental Rugs. Hajji members and their guests

Hispanic Society of America Sorolla Room Audubon Terrace Broadway between 155th and 156th Streets New York,  NY 212 926 2234 Program begins: 10:30am There will be a field trip to the Hispanic Society of America featuring a gallery tour given by longtime Hajji member Sally Sherrill, focusing on seven of the important carpets in the

The Coffee House Club 20 West 44th St 6th Floor NY, NY 10036 Doors open 6:00pm Lecture 6:45pm Independent UK-based researchers, David and Sue Richardson, specializing in Khorezm, the isolated region watered by the lower reaches of the Amu Darya lying just to the south of the Aral Sea. Their passion for this region and

Sotheby’s 1334 York Ave (72nd St) New York, NY 10021 We will meet at Sotheby’s at 6pm. Mary Jo Otsea, who joined Sotheby’s in 1983, is a Senior Consultant and previously Worldwide Director of the Rugs & Carpets Department. In this capacity, she is responsible for securing rugs and carpets to be offered at auction