Vol. VIII, No. 5 June/July, 1988 56 pages plus covers $55.00 Out-of-Print, Inquire of Publisher Detail of a Shahsavan donkeybag, from the article, Donkey Bags, Shedding Some Light

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Vol. VIII, No. 5, June/July, 1988, 56 pages plus covers -- $55.00, Out-of-Print, Inquire of Publisher

Lead Article: Ephemera, by George O'Bannon
Options for collectors of Oriental rug art
The Prayer Rug Observed, by Richard Wright
A paper from the Vienna I.C.O.C.
The Liberty Textile Collection, by George O'Bannon
A fine corporate collection of textiles
The Use of Insect Dyes in Oriental Rugs and Textiles, by Paul Mushak
Some unresolved issues
Vordan Karmir, or Armenian Cochineal, by Vitali Babenko
A translation by Lemyel Amirian
Vordan Karmir: The Red Worm
From the Soviet Armenia Encyclopedia, Vol. 8, 1982, pp. 642-43
Translated from the Armenian by Lemyel Amirian
International Conference on Central Asian Carpets, by George O'Bannon
Early Trade and Commerce: Before the Curio Shops, Part II, by Joe Ben Wheat
Southwestern Native American textiles
The Textile Museum Journal - 1986, review by Lucinda Ramsey
Armenian Rugs Society, Geneva Switzerland - April 1988, Symposium review
Eternal Fashion: The Paisley Shawl, by Nancy Norris London
Review of exhibition at Carpets of the Inner Circle
Auction Reviews
Reports on Christie's and Rippon-Boswell
Rug Notes, Letters, Commentary