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A rare chance to see great classical carpets from the collection of the MFA, Boston; Mara National Museum shows 8th century treasures; Jack Corwin’s Afshars in San Francisco; Oriental Rugs from Canadian Collections in Toronto; the Met’s Unicorn Tapestries on special show in NY; Fatimid art at the IMA in Paris; Sumba ikats in Rotterdam. Also, beads, raffia, angels and lovers.

9 2 B O O K S

James Opie reviews John Wertime’s Sumak Bags o f Northwest Persia & Transcaucasia: Yanni PetsopouloS on Ahmet Frtug’s Silks for the Sultans.

9 9 A P P E N D I X

Notes, acknowledgments and supplementary information.

1 0 0 T I T L E S R E C E I V E D

A selection of recently published books and catalogues.

1 0 1 T H E H A L I G A L L E R Y

A distinctive advertisement section in house stvle.

] 1 9 M A R K E T P L A C E N E W S

Sailer rugs for SNY in October; David Black bets on modern naturally dyed rugs and kilims; Uli Herrmann launches her own business; a Safavid velvet at SLO.

1 2 1 A U C T I O N R E P O R T S

Homer and Herrmann rugs play second fiddle to large decoratives at Sotheby’s in New York; battle of the J’itans for Islamic art, but rugs are a different story.

1 2 3 A U C T I O N P R I C E G U I D E

SNY's April sale produces the best in quality terms for some time; battered classieals sell well at Christie’s country picnic at Hackwood Park, but rugs and textiles at London’s Asian Week fail to thrill.

1 3 1 F A I R S

TEFAF Maastricht and Milan, quality but not quantity; brisk business at New York’s twin high-profile Asian art fairs at the uptown and downtown Armories.

1 3 5 G A L L E R I E S

David Reuben’s Turkmens in London; tokchas at Teresa Coleman’s Tibetan Gallery in Hong Kong; Hans Eitzenberger opens a new antique rug gallery in Hamburg; Kuba textiles in Munich.

1 3 7 M A R K E T R E P O R T

An in-depth city-wide editorial report by Nick Purdon on the London antique carpet and textile scene.

1 5 3 N E T W O R K

A classified advertisement section.

1 6 3 C A L E N D A R

Listings of auctions, exhibitions, fairs and conferences worldwide.

1 6 7 P A R T I N G S H O T S

Iligh times and rugs aplenty at ACOR 4 in Denver, with an East Coast wedding and a West Coast Afshar show.

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