We've gone through our inventory recently and repriced hundreds of European rug and textile books here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
A Kentucky rug store was told they can't be perpetually going out of business.
Old uses for new suzanis.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
Mud Mee
We have just listed an interesting book in Thai on mud mee textiles. Mud mee weaving is a weft ikat technique using a dye resistance on the yarn before weaving. The effect from this is to produce different shades of colors. Threads, when spooled on the weft and woven, create a pattern, which creates the effect of mud mee.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
12th International Conference on Oriental Carpets in 2011
Jozan Magazine has asked Dennis Dodds, Secretary-general ICOC, for information on the 12th ICOC.
His Reply:
Following the conclusion of the extraordinary 11th ICOC in Istanbul in April 2007, a meeting of the ICOC International Committee was held to invite suggestions for the host city of the 12th ICOC. Chairman of the International Committee, Professor Walter B. Denny, chaired the meeting and, after discussing possible venues, a vote of the members resulted in pre-selecting Paris and Stockholm as the principal candidates.
A 'Request for Proposal' package was recently sent by Professor Denny to representatives in each city who will submit their respective detailed proposals to the ICOC Executive Committee by April 2008. There are many variables to consider so that ICOC can best serve the interests of our diverse and enthusiastic international community of academics, collectors, dealers and aficionados. After thoroughly reviewing each proposal, another vote will be taken and the final host city will be announced. Jozan readers may visit our website for updates: www.icoc-orientalrugs.org.
Jozan readers may also be pleased to know that they can now order the official Istanbul ICOC exhibition catalogues from Dennis Marquand at www.rugbooks.com. It is a magnificent 2-volume boxed set of hundreds of color plates which chronicles the remarkable carpets in the Turk ve Islam Muzesi exhibition, as well as private collections of previously unpublished kilims, rugs and yastiks.
ICOC is a non-profit organization and is staffed only by unpaid volunteers. We greatly appreciate the support we get from Jozan readers around the world who register for our conferences and purchase our beautiful books.
Dennis Dodds, Secretary-general International Conference on Oriental Carpets
His Reply:
Following the conclusion of the extraordinary 11th ICOC in Istanbul in April 2007, a meeting of the ICOC International Committee was held to invite suggestions for the host city of the 12th ICOC. Chairman of the International Committee, Professor Walter B. Denny, chaired the meeting and, after discussing possible venues, a vote of the members resulted in pre-selecting Paris and Stockholm as the principal candidates.
A 'Request for Proposal' package was recently sent by Professor Denny to representatives in each city who will submit their respective detailed proposals to the ICOC Executive Committee by April 2008. There are many variables to consider so that ICOC can best serve the interests of our diverse and enthusiastic international community of academics, collectors, dealers and aficionados. After thoroughly reviewing each proposal, another vote will be taken and the final host city will be announced. Jozan readers may visit our website for updates: www.icoc-orientalrugs.org.
Jozan readers may also be pleased to know that they can now order the official Istanbul ICOC exhibition catalogues from Dennis Marquand at www.rugbooks.com. It is a magnificent 2-volume boxed set of hundreds of color plates which chronicles the remarkable carpets in the Turk ve Islam Muzesi exhibition, as well as private collections of previously unpublished kilims, rugs and yastiks.
ICOC is a non-profit organization and is staffed only by unpaid volunteers. We greatly appreciate the support we get from Jozan readers around the world who register for our conferences and purchase our beautiful books.
Dennis Dodds, Secretary-general International Conference on Oriental Carpets
Scam? I think so...
David stafford (dstaf101@yahoo.com) wrote:
Hello, Good day and how are you i hope you are doing real good and alright > i wish you have a lovely production and sale these season,I am interested > in ordering for some RUGS AND CARPETS from you to my location in the > United kingdom ,I will be paying with my Credit Card for you to charge in > US funds,in regards to shipping i am aware of the shipping problems your > stores encounter in getting the items shipped so i will have you contact > a shipping agent which i have used in the past to pick-it up from your > store and get them shipped to my location. I await your urgent reply as > to the request as soon as possible. > Regards > DAVE
In the immortal words of George Bernard Shaw, "not bloody likely".
Hello, Good day and how are you i hope you are doing real good and alright > i wish you have a lovely production and sale these season,I am interested > in ordering for some RUGS AND CARPETS from you to my location in the > United kingdom ,I will be paying with my Credit Card for you to charge in > US funds,in regards to shipping i am aware of the shipping problems your > stores encounter in getting the items shipped so i will have you contact > a shipping agent which i have used in the past to pick-it up from your > store and get them shipped to my location. I await your urgent reply as > to the request as soon as possible. > Regards > DAVE
In the immortal words of George Bernard Shaw, "not bloody likely".
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Western guilt influencing modern oriental rugs?
I his blog yesterday Emmett Eiland raised an interesting theory he attributes to James Opie:
...the West is now making amends for past sins (such as introducing very poor quality synthetic dyes to the rug-making East in the nineteenth century) by helping restore some of the rug-making techniques and designs lost to many of the weavers during the past sixty years...
For some reason it reminds me of Oriental rug designs being introduced to Navajo weavers for the commercial trade of their blankets ("Hey, ditch those stripes and put a couple Lesghi stars on there"). Those designs still carry on today. Then again when did these designs not flow from one culture to another introduced by traders or invaders?
-Wesley
...the West is now making amends for past sins (such as introducing very poor quality synthetic dyes to the rug-making East in the nineteenth century) by helping restore some of the rug-making techniques and designs lost to many of the weavers during the past sixty years...
For some reason it reminds me of Oriental rug designs being introduced to Navajo weavers for the commercial trade of their blankets ("Hey, ditch those stripes and put a couple Lesghi stars on there"). Those designs still carry on today. Then again when did these designs not flow from one culture to another introduced by traders or invaders?
-Wesley
Monday, January 7, 2008
Rugs in Fiction
I was visiting my girlfriend's parents in Tehachapi over the holidays and as is my habit stopped at the local used bookstore. Outside in the 50 cent pile I picked up Emma Lathan's By Hook or By Crook, a murder mystery about a family in the rug business which I have just started reading. It got me thinking about rugs and the rug business in fiction. Well-known Oriental rug bibliophile Jerry Silverman penned a couple of entertaining novellas in the 90s: Book-Collecting Ain't for Sissies and G.O.B. of Blood. My personal favorite is The Big Lebowski where what happens to the main character's oriental carpet is the catalyst for his misadventures.
In what other works of fiction are rugs prominently displayed? What are your favorites?
-Wesley
Friday, January 4, 2008
New Books for January 2008
Azadi, S. CARPETS IN THE BALUCH TRADITION Munich 1986 63 Color Plates 215 pp. 8.5 x 11 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition GWO 1511. Extensive treatise on the history and variety of Baluchi rugs. English/German text. $125
Boralevi, Daniele IL CUORE E LA MEMORIA (HEART AND MEMORY) Firenze (2000) 28 Color Plates 56 pp. 9.5 x 12.5 Paperback in Very Good condition Catalog of Oriental and European decorative and collectible carpets celebrating the 70th anniversary of Boralevi Gallery. Most examples are from the 19th century. Uncommon. $75
Collins, John J. Jr. BIRDS AND VASES Newburyport 1989 28 Color Plates 8 x 10 Spiralbound in Very Good condition GWO 1972. Dealer exhibition and sales catalog of South Persian tribal and village rugs and saddlebags. $125
Gans-Ruedin, E. INDIAN CARPETS New York 1984 120 Color Plates, 130 Black and White 318 pp. 10 x 9.5 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition GWO 1836. First half of book is valuable for antique Mughal and other Indian rugs. Second half is contemporary production. $70
Haskins, John F. IMPERIAL CARPETS FROM PEKING Pittsburgh 1973 7 Color Plates, 9 Black and White 50 pp. 8.5 x 11 Paperback in Very Good condition GWO 1716. University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh exhibition catalog of silk and metal thread Chinese rugs. Inscribed by the author. $60
Hillmann, Michael C. PERSIAN CARPETS Austin 1984 18 Color Plates 11 Black and White 98 pp. 8 x 11 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition GWO 2048. Survey of mostly modern Persian (urban) rugs. $35
Kasraian, N. and Z. Arshi BALUCHESTAN Tehran 2002 121 Color Plates 118 pp. 9.5 x 13 Hardback in Very Good condition Photographs of the land and people of Baluchistan. Farsi/English text. $95
Sorgato, David and Monique Di Prima BALUCH Milan 2007 100 Color Plates 224 pp. 9.5 x 12 Hardback in New condition English language edition of this lavish exhibition catalog from David Sorgato, a premier Milan dealer, with contributions by Daniel Shaffer, Thomas Cole and DeWitt Mallary. Includes technical analysis and bibliography. Limited to 1000 copies. $165
Stoll, von Christian MORGENLANDISCHE MOTIVE I. Plauen 1907 25 Color Plates No text. 19 x 13 Folio in Good condition GWO 1039. The O'Bannon bibliography cites this as being issued in four volumes. This folio has plates 41-66, missing plate 64. The tipped in plates are watercolors of old Oriental rugs. Each image measures 8 x 11 and shows about a quarter to a half of each rug. Plates show wear and chipping. Plate 48 is torn but not affecting image. No text. $275
Textile Society of America TEXTILE NARRATIVES AND CONVERSATIONS, TENTH BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM Toronto 2006 No illustrations 120 pp. 8.5 x 11 Spiralbound in Very Good condition Symposium abstracts from the Textile Society of America's 10th biennial symposium held in Toronto, Ontario in October 2006. $35
Vivier, Marie-France BRODERIES MAROCAINES: TEXTILES Tours 1991 38 Color Plates 48 pp. 5.5 x 7.5 Hardback in Very Good condition GWO 2663. Moroccan embroidery from the Musee des Arts d'Afrique et d' Oceania. French text. $35
THE INDIGENOUS ELEGANCE OF PERSIAN CARPET Tehran 2001 57 Color Plates 141 pp. 6 x 8 Hardback in New condition A collection from the Carpet Museum of Iran. $60
Boralevi, Daniele IL CUORE E LA MEMORIA (HEART AND MEMORY) Firenze (2000) 28 Color Plates 56 pp. 9.5 x 12.5 Paperback in Very Good condition Catalog of Oriental and European decorative and collectible carpets celebrating the 70th anniversary of Boralevi Gallery. Most examples are from the 19th century. Uncommon. $75
Collins, John J. Jr. BIRDS AND VASES Newburyport 1989 28 Color Plates 8 x 10 Spiralbound in Very Good condition GWO 1972. Dealer exhibition and sales catalog of South Persian tribal and village rugs and saddlebags. $125
Gans-Ruedin, E. INDIAN CARPETS New York 1984 120 Color Plates, 130 Black and White 318 pp. 10 x 9.5 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition GWO 1836. First half of book is valuable for antique Mughal and other Indian rugs. Second half is contemporary production. $70
Haskins, John F. IMPERIAL CARPETS FROM PEKING Pittsburgh 1973 7 Color Plates, 9 Black and White 50 pp. 8.5 x 11 Paperback in Very Good condition GWO 1716. University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh exhibition catalog of silk and metal thread Chinese rugs. Inscribed by the author. $60
Hillmann, Michael C. PERSIAN CARPETS Austin 1984 18 Color Plates 11 Black and White 98 pp. 8 x 11 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition GWO 2048. Survey of mostly modern Persian (urban) rugs. $35
Kasraian, N. and Z. Arshi BALUCHESTAN Tehran 2002 121 Color Plates 118 pp. 9.5 x 13 Hardback in Very Good condition Photographs of the land and people of Baluchistan. Farsi/English text. $95
Sorgato, David and Monique Di Prima BALUCH Milan 2007 100 Color Plates 224 pp. 9.5 x 12 Hardback in New condition English language edition of this lavish exhibition catalog from David Sorgato, a premier Milan dealer, with contributions by Daniel Shaffer, Thomas Cole and DeWitt Mallary. Includes technical analysis and bibliography. Limited to 1000 copies. $165
Stoll, von Christian MORGENLANDISCHE MOTIVE I. Plauen 1907 25 Color Plates No text. 19 x 13 Folio in Good condition GWO 1039. The O'Bannon bibliography cites this as being issued in four volumes. This folio has plates 41-66, missing plate 64. The tipped in plates are watercolors of old Oriental rugs. Each image measures 8 x 11 and shows about a quarter to a half of each rug. Plates show wear and chipping. Plate 48 is torn but not affecting image. No text. $275
Textile Society of America TEXTILE NARRATIVES AND CONVERSATIONS, TENTH BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM Toronto 2006 No illustrations 120 pp. 8.5 x 11 Spiralbound in Very Good condition Symposium abstracts from the Textile Society of America's 10th biennial symposium held in Toronto, Ontario in October 2006. $35
Vivier, Marie-France BRODERIES MAROCAINES: TEXTILES Tours 1991 38 Color Plates 48 pp. 5.5 x 7.5 Hardback in Very Good condition GWO 2663. Moroccan embroidery from the Musee des Arts d'Afrique et d' Oceania. French text. $35
THE INDIGENOUS ELEGANCE OF PERSIAN CARPET Tehran 2001 57 Color Plates 141 pp. 6 x 8 Hardback in New condition A collection from the Carpet Museum of Iran. $60
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