Vol. IX, No. 5
June/July, 1989,
64 pages plus covers
$15

Shirvan Prayer Rug
Lead Article: The Rugs of
Glencairn, by George O'Bannon
The museum's rug collection
is just the appetizer

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Vol. IX, No. 5, Kurdish Focus, June/July, 1989, 64 pages plus covers -- $15

Lead Article: The Rugs of Glencairn, by George O'Bannon
The museum's rug collection is just the appetizer
Diamonds in the Pile, Jaf Kurd Bagfaces,, by Mark Hopkins
Ode to Joy, The Arthur D. Jenkins Collection, by Tatiana Divens
The TM's exhibit is rug magic
The Emergence of a Kurdish Rug Type, by William Eagleton
Hartushi rugs, a new type, from Eastern Turkey
Baluch Exhibition: Bags, Bands, Blankets, and Kilims, by Michael Craycraft
Stephen Jett Collection of Turkic and Iranian tribal textiles
Turkomans in Exile, by Chris Walter
Afghan exiles exploit every niche of the carpet market
The Last Mohicans, by John Taylor
A review of the catalog, Anatolische Dorfteppiche, Das Kavacik-Projekt
In Search of Turkmen Carpets, by Richard E. Wright
Richness of firsthand descriptions of Turkmen weavings and the nature of the historic sources which contain them
A Look at the Word Tribal, by Murray L. Eiland
A warning about using rug labels
Letter From the Northwest Frontier, by Saul Yale Barodofsky
Peshawar, one of the world's last frontier towns
Late Winter in Germany, by John Taylor
A trilogy of textile treats: tapestry, Domotex, and the Linden Museum
Mae Jim, Best in Class, by Jackson Clark II
Artist's struggle to create her last "Big Red Rug"
A Great Man and a Kurdish Rug, by Kirk Wynn
A fictional rug tale in the spirit of Jorge Luis Borge
The Azerbaijan Carpet, by David R. Milberg
What the rug literature of East and West shares is assurance
The Spring Auctions, by John J. Collins and ORR Staff
New York, London, Florence, and Weisbaden
Exhibition Review: East Turkestan Rugs in Atlanta
Wool, silk, and cotton artifacts of the nomads
Rug Notes, Book Marks, Letters

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