CONTENTS ISSUE 168 SUMMER 2011

22 The Lions of Parviz Tanavoli

70 The Karun

Thakar Collection

106 Treasures from the Esterhazy Collection

FRONTLINES NEWS Rippon Boswell Kossow aution; BOAF; a record-breaking Turkmen at Grogan & Co.; farwell to Edmund de Unger and Christine Klose 21 PROFILE Internationally acclaimed Iranian artist and rug authority Parviz Tanavoli 24 FORUM Senior textile conservator of the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin, Anna Beselin, explains how carpets can take a lead in the presentation of Islamic art 27 MASTERPIECE A northwest Persian silk rug and the mystery of Maqsud Kashani 32 SPECIAL REPORT An insight into the world of Javanese textiles by Jonathan Hope 45

FEATURES DRESSINGTHE PROPHET

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Textiles from the Haramayn SELIN IPEK The documented 16th- to 19th- century silk lampas textiles from Mecca and Medina in Istanbul’s Topkapı Museum can be used to date a group of related textiles in London’s Victoria & Albert Museum

TRACING THE HISTORICAL THREAD

MEG COX An in-depth look at the second part of the American Folk Art Museum’s acclaimed quilt exhibition

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BALUCHIS, BASEBALL AND JAZZ

RALPH KAFFEL Documenting the Baluch rug collection of Dr Albert Mazzie from the San Francisco Bay Area

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THE NAVAJO CHILD’S SERAPE

CHRISTOPHER SELSER An appraisal of the much-prized serape-style ‘child’s blankets’ made by Navajo

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BIRD OFTHE IMAGINATION

Arabachi Asmalyks

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MICHAEL ROTHBERG

Continuing from his previous seminal article on Arabachi weavings the author discusses two rare seven-sided asmalyks

A COLLECTOR OF STORIES

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The Karun Thakar Collection ALISTAIR MCALPINE Alistair McAlpine delves into the extensive and diverse textiles assembled by collector Karun Thankar

CONTINUITY AND CHANGE

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SERPIL ÖZÇELIK The curator of the Vakiflar Carpet Museum in Istanbul reveals some hidden gems from its holdings that will be on display at its re-opening

UNROLLING A HIDDENTREASURE

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The Trinitarias Carpet at the National Gallery of Victoria ROGER LEONG, BRONWYN COSGROVE & SOLITAIRE OSEI The Trinitarias Carpet is on view at the NGV in Melbourne as part of the museum’s 150th anniversary

CONTEXT EXHIBITIONS Art Deco carpets at N. Vrouyr, Antwerp; Francesca Galloway, London shows Indian art; the Met’s exhibition of Andean Tunics; Textiles from the Esterházy treasury at the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest; Anatolian kilims in Duisburg and at the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum in Istanbul; ‘Fleurs et Soie’ at The Silk Museum in Bsous, Lebanon; an exhibition preview of Turkmens at David Sorgato, Milan; previews of ARTS and Sartirana; SCATA in Leipzig 105 CALENDAR Auctions, exhibitions, fairs and conferences worldwide 130 AUCTION PRICE GUIDE Recent sales in Europe and the USA 135 BOOKS NomadicFelts.ArtisticTraditionsinWorldCulturesreviewed by Christine Martens; Nancy Arthur Hoskins on BedouinWeavingofSaudiArabia by Joy Totah Hilden; Titles Recieved 148 PARTING SHOTS From London and Leipzig 158 FIRST VIEW A central Anatolian kilim from San Francisco’s de Young Museum 160

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