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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