CONTENTS ISSUE 152 SUMMER 2007
46WHAT FIFI DID FOR LOVE
52SPIDERS, SNAKES & SCORPIONS
62A KIND OF META-ART
120A SCRIPTLESS ISLAND LIFE
FRONTLINES
LETTERS HALI 150’s kilim cover; Further Beshir rug discussion; Well done Woven Legends 21 NEWS Sheldon Tapestry recovered; V&A designs for your walls; Carpet Design Awards 2008 23 ENEWS A summary of the best on www.hali.com and the rest of the web 25 FRAGMENTS Peruvian textiles at the Rietberg; April’s London carpet sales; India Carpet Expo 27 PROFILE Italian Kaitag collector and contributor to the new Bozo Ì Ìlu book, Giuseppe Moreschini 30 POSTCARD Mark Winter, ‘Two Grey Hills’ and the Toadlena Trading Post, New Mexico 34 FORUM An East Turkestan carpet and the enigma that surrounds its meaning 39
FEATURES
WITH VAKIF FLAIR
COLIN WILDE
Recently renovated, the new Sahip Ata Vakıflar Museum in Konya holds a rich and previously
unseen collection of art from the area, including carpets and kilims
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WHAT FIFI DID FOR LOVE
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ALICEKAUFMAN
Eclectic San Francisco Bay Area textile collector FifiWhite has always followed her heart when
finding pieces, whether it be a Kuba panel, a Nasca ceremonial cloth or a Japanese fireman’s coat.
Fellow collectors and friends pay tribute to a woman with a great eye for beauty
SPIDERS, SNAKES & SCORPIONS
Kungrat and Lakai Ritual Textiles
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KATE FITZ GIBBON & ANDREW HALE
The Jack A. and Aviva Robinson collection of Lakai and Kungrat embroideries was recently donated to
the Minneapolis Institute of Art, now holders of one of the world’s most important assemblages of
Central Asian textiles. The authors discuss the Uzbek Lakai and Kungrat nomadic communities and
the meaning and purpose behind these striking and vibrant textiles
A KIND OF META-ART Caucasian Rugs from the Rudnick Collection
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LAWRENCE KEARNEY
The Caucasian village rugs from the Rosalie and Mitchell Rudnick Collection were first presented to
the public at ACOR 2006 inBoston, inspiring many who saw them. The author selects pieces from
the collection to illustrate the true poetry that lies within
THE QUEEN’S LIST
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JESSICA HALLETT & TERESSA PACHECO PERIERA
In July 2007 two fragments of an early Safavid ‘tree and animal’ carpet will be reunited at Lisbon’s
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, as part of an exhibition of carpets and paintings from 1400-1800
CONTEXT
ICOC REVIEW
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LET’S HEAR IT FOR ANATOLIAN KILIMS Josephine Powell, Vakıflar kilims and beyond 92 CLASSICAL BEST OF BREED Michael Franses on the so-called ‘classical’ carpets 96 WHEN IS A PRAYER RUG NOT A PRAYER RUG Alan Marcuson contemplates 100 TIMELESS DAYS OF FABRIC AND FLOWERS ICOC textile delights 108 ISLANDS OF PILE IN A SEA OF FLATWEAVES The greatest of Greater Azerbayjan 110 ART AT THE CROSSROADS Chapans, chuvals and all things Central Asian 112 EXHIBITIONS ‘Transylvanian’ rugs and Kaitag at the Sakip Sabancı Museum;
Armenian marvels in Lyons; Ritual New Ireland life at Muséée du Quai Branly, Paris
AUCTIONPRICEGUIDE Spring sales in London, Paris and Wiesbaden
CALENDAR Auctions, exhibitions, fairs and conferences worldwide
BOOKS Julia Bailey assesses Jon Thompson’sMilestones in the History of Carpets
TITLES RECEIVED The latest book releases
PARTING SHOTS ICOC XI Istanbul, Ankara and A Î Îgabat: faces and places
FIRST VIEW Anatolian village rugs and kilims from the Vakıflar Museum Ankara
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