Trip Pics

These pictures are posted in reverse chronological order.


Maile and the Stotts


Dennis and the Stotts


The Barbary Macaque liked Dennis


Dennis holding a book on prayer rugs in the Bucharest Museum. We should have this in stock soon.


Maile kicking V.I. Lenin in the head.



Dolls in folk dress






Examining rugs in the Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu


Rug books are essential!


Gypsy swapmeet

New Books for July 2009

My parents have just arrived home and are jet-lagged. They had a fantastic time on the Transylvania rug tour and a post-tour Mediterranean cruise including a visit to the fantastic Gulbenkian museum. Many new titles were purchased and being shipped to us by sea. We hope they will arrive for next month's newsletter.



It looks like a few more dealers have signed up to exhibit at the San Francisco Antique Rug and Textile Show. The buzz has been good and new programs are being added. You can find out more information on the website here.



And as we do, below is our list of new titles we've added in the past month.



Regards,


Wesley Marquand (wesley@rugbooks.com)



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Bilgi, Hülya ed. ÇATMA VE KEMHA: OSMANLI IPEKLI DOKUMALARI/ OTTOMAN SILK TEXTILES Sadberk Hanim Müzesi Istanbul 2007 56 Color Plates 144 Color details 143 pp. 9.5 x 12.25 Paperback in As New condition Exhibition catalog of these types of Turkish silk weavings. Turkish/English text. $115.00



Frembgen, Jurgen Wasim ART AND BREAD / KUNST UND BROT Soor Publication Tehran 2007 84 Color Plates showing 42 examples 94 pp. 7.75 x 7.5 Paperback in New condition The Etemad collection of sofrehs, those unusual flatwoven Persian tribal rugs. Minimal English and German text. $60.00



Hart, Kimberly ed. GIVING BACK THE COLOURS: JOSEPHINE POWELL COLLECTION Sadberk Hanim Museum Publications Istanbul 2007 Over 200 Color Plates 325 pp. 11.75 x 8.5 oblong Paperback in As New condition Exhibition catalog of the Powell collection of Turkish flatweaves. $115.00



Hart, Kimberly ed. JOSEPHINE POWELL COLLECTION: KILIM ÖRNEKLERI / EXAMPLES FROM KILIMS Vehbi Koç Vakfi Publications Istanbul 2007 92 Color Plates 173 pp. 11.75 x 8.5 Paperback in As New condition Exhibition catalog based on the 2003 exhibition of Anatolian flatweaves from the Josephine Powell collection with different examples than the 2007 exhibition. $115.00



Iwanaga, Etsuko ed. THE TEXTILES OF CAMBODIA Fukuoka Art Museum Fukuoka 2003 Over 100 Color Plates 184 pp. 9 x 12 oblong Paperback in slipcase in Very Good condition Museum exhibition catalog of Cambodian textiles including ikat. Weaving tools are also amply illustrated and discussed. English/Japanese text. $95.00



Kerimov, Latif et al. RUGS AND CARPETS FROM THE CAUCASUS: THE RUSSIAN COLLECTIONS Aurora Vienna 1984 99 Color Plates 28 Black and White 130 pp. 8.5 x 11 Hardback in dustjacket in Good condition. Ex-library with usual markings. GWO 1431. Shows museum holdings in regional museum of the former Soviet Union. Important. $50.00



Lefevre, Vincent et al. LUMIÈRES DE SOIE : SOIERIES TISSÉES D'OR DE LA COLLECTION RIBOUD Réunion Des Musées Nationaux Paris 2004 109 Color Plates 207 pp. 8.5 x 11 Paperback in Very Good condition Museum exhibition catalog of gold thread embroidery from Japan, China, India and Southeast Asia in the Riboud collection. French text. $50.00



Milanesi, Enza THE LITTLE, BROWN GUIDE TO CARPETS: HOW TO IDENTIFY, CLASSIFY AND EVALUATE ANTIQUE RUGS AND CARPETS Little, Brown and Company Boston 1992 (1993) 232 Color Plates 128 Black and White 191 pp. 5.5 x 9.5 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition $10.00



de Moor, Antoine 3500 YEARS OF TEXTILE ART Lannoo Publishers Tielt 2008 240 Color Plates 260 pp. 11.5 x 10 Hardback in dustjacket in New condition A stunning and important title. For the first time ever the highlights of a world renowned private collection are brought together in this book: over 300 tapestries and textile related objects such as hairpins and jewelry are showcased in this beautifully illustrated book. Much of the focus is on Coptic textiles. Coptic art is a term used either for the art of Egypt produced in the early Christian era or for the art produced by the Coptic Christians themselves. -Publisher $110.00



Riboud, Krishna ed. et al. SAMIT AND LAMPAS: MOTIFS INDIENS / INDIAN MOTIFS AEDTA / Calico Museum Paris 1998 74 Color Plates Numerous Black and White figures 214 pp. 9.5 x 12.5 Paperback in Very Good condition Scholarly study on these Indian textiles. French/English text. $200.00



Rizvi, Janet PASHMINA: THE KASHMIR SHAWL AND BEYOND Marg Publications Mumbai 2009 200 Color Plates 320 pp. 12.5 x 10 Hardback in dustjacket in New condition This authoritative study introduces the Kashmir shawl as a cultural artefact with a known history spanning four centuries. Lavishly illustrated and accessibly written, this book has much to offer textile scholars, and those interested in the history of Kashmir.-Cover $80.00



Schletzer, Dieter and Reinhold OLD SILVER JEWELLERY OF THE TURKOMAN Dietrich Reimer Verlag Berlin 1984 100 Color Plates 172 Black and White 220 Drawings 300 pp. 9 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket in New condition Best book on the subject of Turkmen jewelry. Inscribed by Dieter Schletzer. $400.00



Suzan Bayraktaroglu and Serpil Özçelik CARPET MUSEUM AND KILIM AND FLATWEAVING RUGS MUSEUM CATALOGUE / HALI MÜZESI ILE KILIM VE DÜZ DOKUMA YAYGILAR MÜZESI KATALOGU Turkish Republic Prime Ministry Directorate General of Foundations Ankara 2007 109 Color Plates and 109 Color Figures 222 pp. 8.5 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket in As New condition English/Turkish text. Exhibition catalog for the new Carpet and Kilim museums. $160.00



Tezcan, Hulya and Sumiyo Okumura TEXTILE FURNISHINGS FROM THE TOPKAPI PALACE MUSEUM Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism Istanbul 2007 114 Color Plates 187 pp. 9.5 x 12.25 Paperback in As New condition $115.00



Vogelsang-Eastwood, Gillian RESIST DYED TEXTILES FROM QUSEIR AL-QADIM, EGYPT A.E.D.T.A. Paris 1989 80 Color Plates 32 Black and White 123 pp. 8.25 x 11.75 Paperback in Very Good condition Scholarly treatise on textiles from the 13th-14th centuries. $150.00



Welters, Linda ed. FOLK DRESS IN EUROPE AND ANATOLIA: BELIEFS ABOUT PROTECTION AND FERTILITY Berg Oxford 1999 243 pp. 6 x 9.5 Hardback in Very Good condition Dress, Body, Culture series. "A credit to its editor and the series, and makes a major contribution to costume and women's history." -Dress Dress, Body, Culture series. "A credit to its editor and the series, and makes a major contribution to costume and women's history." -Dress $50.00

The Antique Rug & Textile Show Press Release

The Antique Rug & Textile Show
October 15-26, 2009 in San Francisco

Close to 40 dealers of antique rugs and textiles will be gathering for an informal fair in San Francisco’s Marina District this fall. Though several renowned galleries will be attending the emphasis for dealer selection was dealer’s dealers, i.e. those dealers that find and supply the world’s best galleries with their material. The participant purveyors are evenly divided between America and the rest of the world inclusive of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The variety, quality, and number (in excess of 2,000 items) of textiles and rugs that will be made available should mark this event as a destination of serious collectors.

San Francisco was selected as a venue at the request of the dealers. The sheer beauty of this city combined with the great cuisine, interesting variety of people, excellent museums and galleries, and mild weather provide the perfect venue. The peculiarity of San Francisco’s latitude and Mediterranean climate along with the
proximity of the Japanese current produces the odd effect that October is traditionally the warmest and sunniest month of the year, so naturally October is the ideal time to be in San Francisco.

We are pleased to announce that Rupert Smith of Kathmandu, Nepal has organized an exhibition and book release featuring Tibetan saddle rugs. It is hoped that the prominent San Francisco galleries will supplement this occasion with exhibitions of their own.

For complete details as well as a selection of the types of material that one can expect to see please visit the ARTS website: arts.jozan.net.

Location: The Antique Rug & Textile Show, October 15-26, 2009 at the Motel Capri, 2015 Greenwich Street, San Francisco