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Contents 6 In this issue Issue Spring Compass Editorial Introducing a Turkish-themed issue to coincide with Ju n e ’s International Conference on Oriental Carpets XV in Istanbul Dialogue Inger McCabe Elliot; art installation by Issam Kourbaj at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge; ‘Carpets and Collections of the Swiss Alpine Area’ ICOC tour in September; Abegg-Stiftung Special Exhibition; Royal Tapestry Factory commission delivered in Dresden Diary HALI’s recommendations for the quarter Calendar The listings page for carpet- and textile- related auctions, exhibitions and events Thread of time Rachel Meek Two luxurious silk- and metal-thread textiles tell of serious sibling rivalries between the heirs to two thrones and their brothers Travellers’ tales Marku s Voi gt A whistle-stop tour of northern European art fairs, museum exhibitions and discussion forums P r o fi l e Rachel Meek İHİB chairman and kilim champion Ahmet Diler represents the intrinsic value of Turkish handwoven carpets on the national and international stage Anatomy of an object Deniz Tüirker A 19th-century Ottoman embroidered sampler in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Common thread With many people set to embark on a rug odyssey throughout Turkey as part of the ICOC XV, we select a few unusual rugs that might be on display at various public and private institutions included on tours and within the main programme Features ICOC XV Istanbul Exhibitions and events taking place during the International Conference on Oriental Carpets XV A Lotto for our times Michael Bi schof A faithful replica of a 16th-century ‘Lotto’ carpet Natural history Havva Furat Ay The Sadberk Hanım Museum is preparing to exhibit Anatolian kilims collected by Josephine Powell Stories in a free language Cosima Stewart Çırpı: a singular form of Anatolian weaving Oya: a language of Anatolian women Oya Projec t Adnan Memiş, a Turkish banker, has developed a passion for Anatolian oya, a type of needle lace
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Contents 7 New perspectives Stefano Ionescu A new book consolidates and expands our knowledge of the ‘Transylvanian’ genre The art of display: N a v a j o c h i l d ’s blankets Joshua Baer An exemplary exhibition at Taos Art Museum Shining examples from the East John E. Vollmer Asian textiles from the Myrna and Sam Myers Collection, donated to The Textile Museum Dynastic dragons Jimmy Nuo Zang Detailed symbolism in Qing-dynasty court att ire When women wore fish Andrea s Mark s Singular and rare fish-skin garments crafted by the Nivkh people of northeast Asia Mysteries and mastery Rui Miguel Lobo Untangling the origins of embroidered Por t ug ue s e Arraiolos carpets Cutting edge Peter Umney-Gray Textile containers for the implements used by nomadic peoples to shear their sheep An artist’s journey El e n a Phipps James Bassler’s art has evolved with his continuing interest in indigenous textiles Out of the shadows Theresa Kutasz Christensen The exhibition ‘Making Her Mark’ seeks to highlight both the creativity of women and the prejudicial thinking of the past Grass and wool Michele Hardy Kyrgyz textiles donated by Dr John Sommer to the University of Calgary, Alberta Reviews & Marketplace Book reviews Three titles from the Vehbi Koç Foundation and Sadberk Hanım Museum reviewed by Penny Oak ley Exhibition reviews ‘Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style’ at de Young/Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, reviewed by Alan Kennedy Auction reports Daniel Shaffer An overview of Kum Kapı rugs at auction ahead of Christie’s sale of the George Farrow Collection Fair previews The ICOC XV dealers’ fair in Istanbul Auction Price Guide International auction results of note Last page The Karun Thakar Fund is offering grants towards the study of Asian and African textiles

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Contents 6

In this issue Issue Spring

Compass Editorial Introducing a Turkish-themed issue to coincide with Ju n e ’s International Conference on Oriental Carpets XV in Istanbul

Dialogue Inger McCabe Elliot; art installation by Issam Kourbaj at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge; ‘Carpets and Collections of the Swiss Alpine Area’ ICOC tour in September; Abegg-Stiftung Special Exhibition; Royal Tapestry Factory commission delivered in Dresden

Diary HALI’s recommendations for the quarter

Calendar The listings page for carpet- and textile- related auctions, exhibitions and events

Thread of time Rachel Meek Two luxurious silk- and metal-thread textiles tell of serious sibling rivalries between the heirs to two thrones and their brothers

Travellers’ tales Marku s Voi gt A whistle-stop tour of northern European art fairs, museum exhibitions and discussion forums

P r o fi l e Rachel Meek İHİB chairman and kilim champion Ahmet Diler represents the intrinsic value of Turkish handwoven carpets on the national and international stage

Anatomy of an object Deniz Tüirker A 19th-century Ottoman embroidered sampler in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Common thread With many people set to embark on a rug odyssey throughout Turkey as part of the ICOC XV, we select a few unusual rugs that might be on display at various public and private institutions included on tours and within the main programme

Features ICOC XV Istanbul Exhibitions and events taking place during the International Conference on Oriental Carpets XV

A Lotto for our times Michael Bi schof A faithful replica of a 16th-century ‘Lotto’ carpet

Natural history Havva Furat Ay The Sadberk Hanım Museum is preparing to exhibit Anatolian kilims collected by Josephine Powell

Stories in a free language Cosima Stewart Çırpı: a singular form of Anatolian weaving

Oya: a language of Anatolian women Oya Projec t Adnan Memiş, a Turkish banker, has developed a passion for Anatolian oya, a type of needle lace

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