Meeting

The Tibetan rug making tradition is distinctively different from others in the Asian region, both in terms of knotting technique and design repertoire. In this talk Chris Buckley will explain the evolution of the Tibetan rug making tradition in terms of both its weavers and their clients, who included ordinary Tibetans, monasteries and wealthy aristocratic […]

Jim Opie has noted in his review in HALI book review: “Qarajeh to Quba, Raoul Tschebull’s important and beautiful book, produced by HPL, on ‘Rugs and Flatweaves from East Azarbayjan and the Transcaucasus’ from his own collection corrects more than past errors in spelling and nomenclature. It advances the study of two important bodies of

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,