The Coffee House Club 20 West 44th St 6th Floor New York, NY 10036 Doors open 6:00pm Lecture 6:45pm Off the Beaten Path: A Yen for the Obscure and Under-appreciated in Textile Art and Basketry. This talk will address Mr. Spurr’s love for Non-Western textiles and basketry. He will take a look at the traditions […]
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The Coffee House Club 20 West 44th St 6th Floor New York, NY 10036 Doors open 6:00pm Lecture 6:45pm In 1763 King Frederic II of Prussia sent an embassy to the Ottoman court in Constantinople. The mission was not successful, but as a result a precious robe made of silk brocade returned to Prussia. Only
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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