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Islamic Carpets and Textiles for the ALTICALSA Galleries at The MET: Conservation and Display

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

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Turkmen Engsi

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

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Reciprocal Trefoil Border in East Turkestan and Elsewhere

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,

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