November 1996

Church, the immense respect for the weaver’s and the embroiderer’s art, and the meeting of East and West in the name of a luxury written in velvet and samite.

104 E X H IB IT IO N S

An impressive survey ol English embroidery from 1500 to 1715

at Boston Fine Arts Museum; a spectacular mid 16th century unicorn tapestry on show in Zurich; five centuries of velvet production at the Abegg Stiftung; the Amish sense of order at UCLA Fowler Museum; a major pre-Columbian donation for the Rotterdam Museum; Coptic textiles at the Ratti Foundation, Como; talking Navajo in New York; affinities at the Washington

Textile Museum; an eclectic view of the arts and crafts of

Morocco; new Asian galleries in Dallas.

I l l B O O K S

An English edition of Uwe Jourdan’s Oriental Rugs Volume 5: Turkmen, first published in 1989, reviewed by Robert Pinner; Sophie Desrosiers on a French language historic dictionary of textiles; Reflections o f Paradise: Silks and Tiles from Ottoman

Bursa, reviewed by John Carswell. 113 T IT L E S R E C E IV E D A selection of recently published books and catalogues.

114 A P P E N D IX

Notes, acknowledgments and supplementary information.

115 T H E H A L I G A L L ERY A distinctive advertisement section in house style.

135 M A R K E T P L A C E N EW S Disruption in Wiesbaden as the Herrmann saga continues;

Besim reach their half century; moves and obituaries.

137 IC O C D E A L E R S ’ FA IR A preview of the absolutely indispensable ICOC dealers’ fair.

This year’s event will see the unveiling of one of the most remarkable carpets ever to appear on the market.

147 FA IR S

Great tapestries and some choice carpets in Paris at the Biennale des Antiquaires - a museum within a museum.

149 G A L L E R IE S

Champagne in Salzburg as Galerie Sailer celebrate twenty years of textile art; village and temple Himalayan textiles with a distinctive look from a group of Bay Area dealers; ConlonSiegal Gallery in Santa Fe opens with a 2,000 year agenda; Ming and Qing prestige emblazoned at Linda Wrigglesworth; Ethno-textile art in Bremen; krausse flies the flag for tribal rugs in Munich; in Hong Kong, Zee Stone combine carpets with modern art in a new gallery, while Chine Gallery show antique oriental furniture with rugs.

167 N E T W O R K A classified advertisement section.

177 C A L EN D A R A listing of auctions, exhibitions and fairs worldwide.

183 P A R T IN G S H O T S The Paris Biennale; anticipating London Asian week; Salzburg celebration; dyeing in Dublin, New Hampshire; Austrian and German rug societies meet; OCC welcomes guests in London.

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