C O N T E N T S

5 INTRODUCTION

6 CONSTANTINOPLE AND BEYOND

Needlework in the Ottoman World Christian Erber

16 THE UNUSUAL TEXTILE TRADE BETWEEN INDIA AND SRI LANKA

Chintz and Block Prints: 1550-1900 Steven Cohen

28 PINNING DOWN THE ASMALYK

AnOverview of One of the Best Known Types of Turkmen Animal Trappings Uwe Jordan

42 TALES OF BURMA IN THE GOLDEN LAND OF OZ

APhotographic Journey through Myanmar ChertHunter

48 VICTOR & VANQUISHED

The Iconographic Mysteries of aTapestry from Pre-Columbian Peru James W. Reid

58 CARPETS AT THE CROSSROADS

Classical Period Rugsfrom Xinjiang Sandra Whitman and Erica Yao

70 THE INNER LIFE OF THE WORD

The History and Art of Arabic Calligraphy across Fourteen Centuries Deniz Erduman-Calis and Karin Adrian von Roques

78 THE ‘TAIL-EATER’

APossible Origin of the Dragon and Pearl Gary Dickinson

82 FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION

Anatolian Nomad Storage Sacks Josephine Powell

92 TYING THE KNOT

Jufti-Knotted Lattice Carpets from Northeast Persia Michael Franses

100 FOLLOWING FASHION

Qajar Dress Observed: Carpets &Textiles inQajar Paintings Patricia L. Baker

110 LORDS OF THE DANCE

The Dervish Sikke Chris Martens

116 AUTHORS

117 ADVERTISEMENTS

PROFILES Antique 117 Modern 141 Auction Houses 151 DISPLAY Antique 1^7 Modern 171

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