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In the latter part of the 19th century, Americans developed an insatiable desire for tapestries to furnish palatial homes built in New York City and in privileged enclaves of wealth throughout the country. As the supply of antique tapestries became harder to secure, a prominent source of interior decorations gambled on a new enterprise. In […]

Felt making has existed for millennia in the cities and villages of what is now the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of northwest China, homeland of the Muslim, Turkic-speaking Uyghurs. Archeological discoveries give a sense of this ancient art, which continues to flourish in the oases that dot the southern rim of the Taklamakan. We will

While hunting in Tibet in the early 90’s, looking for the next Seljuk Animal Carpet, Alberto Levi stumbled across an entirely different kind of animal. What seemed to be a casual encounter flourished in time as a distinct group of carpets, which he labelled ’Tibetan Golden Triangle’. Far from being Tibetan and having nothing to

Coffee House Club East of the official Tibetan Autonomous Region, Kham and Amdo are remote, isolated, culturally Tibetan provinces within China. Their landscapes consist of snowy peaks and the rolling grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau where nomadic peoples have maintained grazing cultures with sheep and yaks for centuries. The Tibetans love to come together for

The picnic will begin at noon when lunch will be served. Please arrive around 11:30am. After lunch there will be a show-n-tell, members are invited to bring a piece or two. The cost will be $50 per person. Because the lunch will be catered the club is asking our members to pay in advance by

Coffee House Club Nominees for the Board of Directors New Members for the Board of Directors We have two board members who have completed their full terms on the board this year: Corinne Berezuk and George Bradley, the Club is extremely grateful to them for their years of service and of course looks forward to

Coffee House Club Lecture / Dinner The kesa became the standard vestment for Japanese monks, nuns and priests in the sixth century when Buddhism reached Japan via China and Korea. The kesa is a rectangular garment that originally symbolized the rags worn by the Buddha when he was a mendicant monk. These cloth pieces, patched

Day Trip To Philadelphia Tuesday, May 7, 2019 Hajji Baba Club Curated Tours Of Carpets And Textiles At The Penn Museum And The Philadelphia Museum Of Art Reserve Early Space Is Limited 8:00 am Depart NYC by private coach 10:00 Penn Museum 10:00-11:00 Tour of the new Middle East Galleries with Prof. Renata Holod, Curator,

The Ottoman Turkish Influence on Costume and Textiles in Transylvania Coffee House Club Lecture / Dinner The army of Suleiman the Magnifcent defeated the forces of the greater Kingdom of Hungary in 1526. The area of Turkish occupation also included the region of Transylvania (which today is in Romania) as well as Upper Hungary (today

Coffee House Club The International Conference On Oriental Carpets XIV, held in Washington DC from June 5 to June 8, 2018, featured an outstanding collectors’ exhibition held at the Corcoran Museum, including an array of woven hats of the Silk Road from the collection of Roger Pratt. For this “show and tell” program Roger will