Harold Keshishian's Textile Rug
Morning a few last shots
An excellent
example of a Shakhrisabz Suzani. It is unusual for it's
small size
An Alter Cloth
The back of the Alter Cloth is Russian
trade cloth.
The Austin Doyle Kurdish Mafrash
First of all my apologies for a using an out of focus
image but this one is important enough that I wanted to
use it in this article. HK is always interesting but it
is in the small side comments where he is truly a
treasure. Just as they were finishing with this Mafrash
panel owned by Professor L. Austin Doyle, M.D. the noted
Cancer researcher HK commented that Kurds were far more
likely than Turks to use the cross in the center of a
medallion. The temptation is to just label all of these
as Shahsavan
because we know so little about them as a group.
HK with Michael Seidman the noted Sumac
Bag collector and TM Trustee. Seidman is Investigative
Chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology,
NIA/NIH.
A
little Baluch bag that was collected from my dear friend
Wade Shehady in Pittsburgh Pa. The pile part of the bag
is nice but not remarkable but look at the ends of the
bag that is the special part.
The Forgotten Rug
Harold
was going to close with his Kerman Bunny Rug but with the
wealth of items in his talk this one got left out.
I get older but Sheila gets younger as
the years go by. It is always so nice to see the people
who makes the TM such a special place to visit.
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