HALIThe I n t e r n a t i o n a l J o u r n a l o f O r i e n t a l C a r p e t s a n d T e x t i l e s

CONTENTS VOL. 5 NO. 3

Editorial: The Oriental Carpet in London; Carpet Structure; In Memoriam Lesley Pinner; HALI Edition for German Speaking Countries 249

Cover Detailofsilkcarpetwithhuntingscenes. Persia, Kashan. 16th century.TheRoyalCollections, Stockholm,(seep. 309)

ManagingEditor: Robert Pinner Assistant Editors: Sean Gough & Diana Hobbs American Editor: Dennis R. Dodds American Associate Editor: Alix G. Perrachon Publisher: Michael Franses BusinessManager: Bobby Marcuson AdvertisingManager: Ian Thomson Grculation Manager: Sheila Blankfield Circulation Manager (N. America): Jane Palestini Distribution Assistant: Trevor Morgan Designer: Richard Foenander Directors: Robert Pinner, Michael Franses & Dennis R. Dodds

IN MEMORIAM LESLEY PINNER Marino Dall’Oglio: Eight Turkoman Weavings from the Wher Collection

Hans K5nig: A Typical Ensi?

Siawosch Azadi: Alam (Elem): Some Aspects of Turkoman ‘Additional End Borders’

Mark Whiting: The Tekke/Kizil Ayak Distinction: Two ‘Memling-giil’Torbas

Erich Menzel & Christel Menzel-Kopp: An Unusual Type of Off-set Knotting: The Twin-Knot

FOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ON ORIENTAL CARPET STRUCTURE Lesley Pinner: The Structure of some Chinese Carpets and the Use of Packing and Warp-Sharing Knots

Murray Eiland, Jr.: Aberrant Technical Features in Early Chinese Rugs

Gerard Boely: An Original Technique: The Berber Knot

Kenneth R. Schreiner: An Armenian Jufti Knot?

Alberto Boralevi: The Discovery of Two Great Carpets: The Cairene Carpets of the Medici

Alfred V. DeCredico: An Early Turkish Rug

Catherine van Steen Haywood: Early Cretan Embroideries from Greek Museums

Wilton Mason: Portrait of a Southern Collector: William Lanier Hunt

Donald King: The Inventories of the Carpets of Henry VIII

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