Vol. X, No. 1 October/November, 1989, 56 pages plus covers $24.00 Detail Ferahan rug, mid-19th century

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Cover: Detail Ferahan rug, mid-19th century
Lead Article: A Conversation with Joseph Galton, ORR Staff
Now divesting himself of his collection, a collector tells his story
Auction Previews, by George O'Bannon
A special report on the rare and wonderful to be offered at home and abroad
Adrift in the Horse Latitudes, the Health of the Rug Auction Scene, by George O'Bannon
Questions unanswered about the health of the U.S. auction collector market
Carpets With Offset Knotting, by Charles Grant Ellis
A look at those in the alternate warp method in museum collections
Master of the Art of Carpet Repair, Part II, by Henry Glassie
Hagop Barin becomes a master, opens a shop, and builds a reputation in Istanbul
A Central Asian Patchwork Cover and American Quilts, by Linda Baxter Hardy
Are similarities of design and construction evidence of cross-cultural influences?
Azerbaijan Jajim: History and Technique, by Emil Salmanov
Current jajim production in the USSR and Iran
Village Weaving in Turkmenia Today, A.S. Teselkin
Field research suggests that Salor and Saryq weaving traditions have been lost
Old Navajo Pictorials, by Nancy Peake
Representative weavings may be Native American folk art in purest form
Collecting Berber Rugs and Textiles, Maryanne Conheim
From Morocco's Atlas Mountains come the best of the Berber textiles
Birds and Vases, Collins Celebrates Ten Years, by Jim Evans
A fourth exhibition of South Persian pieces
Heaven's Gate in Ohio, by Joan Long
The Columbus Museum of Art' exhibition of prayer rugs was blessed
The Markarian Album, by Robert Houston
A review of the life's collection of the "Oushak King"
Rug Notes, Book Marks