Meeting

The Coffee House Club 20 West 44th St 6th Floor NY NY 10036 Join the club for it’s ANNUAL MEETING and DINNER. There will be a SHOW AND TELL. Bring your favorite rugs and textiles to show our members (limit three pieces per member please.)  

The Coffee House Club 20 West 44th St 6th Floor NY NY 10036 Tom Farnham is the author of the history of the Hajji Baba Club, the editor with Danny Shaffer of Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies, a Research Associate at The Textile Museum, a member of the Executive Committee of the ICOC, and a

The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South New York NY 10003 Florica Zaharia joined the Department of Textile Conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1988, becoming the Acting Associate Conservator in Charge in 2003 and the Conservator in Charge in 2005.  She has contributed to numerous major tapestry conservation projects including treatments

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bonnie Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Uris Center for Education Dr. Elena Tsareva is Head of Textile Research at the Kunstkamera Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. She is a leading research specialist representing the Kunstkamera Museum at the Russian Academy of Sciences. She has been a world renown curator for over 30 years specializing

The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South New York NY 10003 After serving as the Curator of Islamic Art and Antiquities at the British Museum, London, Sheila R. Canby became the Patti Cadby Birch Curator in Charge of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Department of Islamic Art in 2009.  In addition to publishing extensively

Cosmopolitan Club Kurt Munkacsi is a well known Turkmen collector and former president of the Hajji Baba Club. He has lectured at the Textile Museum, ACOR, New England Rug Society, and numerous other rug societies. He was profiled in HALI’s New York Collectors Issue, has published articles in HALI and was co-author of the catalog

The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South New York NY 10003 Wendel Swan is an eclectic collector of oriental rugs as well as Swedish folk weavings.  A recipient of the Joseph V. McMullan Award, he has been a frequent and popular speaker on textile arts at the Textile Museum and at various rug societies

Sotheby’s NYC As a special November event, we are honored to have fellow Hajji, Mary Jo Otsea, Senior Vice President/Worldwide Director of Sotheby’s, lead a private walk-through focusing on the rugs, textiles and carpets lots of the Decorative Arts auction for our membership on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at noon, prior to the galleries opening

Cosmopolitan Club A connoisseur and collector of Old Master and modern paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts as well as carpets, Hans Koenig is an authority on Chinese and Central Asian carpets, a recipient of the prestigious Joseph V. McMullan Award, and the author of several highly-regarded books, in particular Splendor of the Sons of Heaven,

The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South New York NY 10003 Dr. Jon Thompson has been one of the most important scholars and authors, particularly in the study of classical carpets. Thompson became interested in carpets and textiles while practicing medicine in London. His interest in the study of rugs and resulting publications earned