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Textile Society Of America Newsletter 1:1 — January 1989, Textile Society Of America

Textile Society of America Newsletters

From the President
In Memoriam, Peggy Stolz Gilfoy (1936–1988)
What's New [by state and province]
Obituary [Florence Lewis May]
CIETA [invitation to Centre International d'Etude des Textiles Anciens 13th General Assembly]
Positions Announcements
1988 Symposium Papers
TSA Board Meeting
Membership in the Textile Society of America
Textile Society of America 1990 Conference
About the Newsletter
Membership and Mailing Lists
TSA Textiles in Trade: A Symposium, September 14–16, 1990, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC [announcement of second biennial symposium]

An Introduction To Oriental Carpets: The Arthur D. Jenkins Collection, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Oriental carpets have long fascinated the American public. Rich colors and attractive designs, as well as lush pile and renowned durability have given them a well-deserved reputation as beautiful and useful floor-coverings. Handmade products of far distant lands, their complicated patterns also evoke the romance of luxury and the Orient in days of yore. Yet Oriental carpets also represent both social history and manufacturing traditions related to the human needs, economy, and ecological constraints of their cultural origins.

Arthur D. Jenkins, an American collector of Oriental carpets, was intrigued by the social origins of rugs. Early in his collecting career, …

Dragons, Blossoms, Sunbursts: Textile Arts Of The Caucasus, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Rugs from the Caucasus have long been appreciated in Europe and America. Widely known for their bright colors and bold designs, Caucasian rugs have attracted collectors for nearly a century. These rugs, produced in towns and villages, reflect regional design traditions which were amalgamated from diverse sources.

Although embroideries and flatweaves (rugs without pile) from the Caucasus are less well known in the West, their designs are no less bold nor their colors less striking. Produced as a domestic art, they were destined for home use and local commerce. The richness of patterns in these textile arts is in part …

Carpets And History, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

The story of Western trade with Persia in textiles and carpets casts a fascinating light on the exciting, sometimes turbulent history of the centuries following Europe's Age of Exploration. The intense commercial and political rivalries of European mercantile expansion during the 400-year period from about 1500 to 1900 is revealed both by official historical documents - treaties, royal decrees and contracts - and by more personal ones, such as the reports of traveling merchants. Through the details of production and trade that these documents contain, we can view textiles and carpets as key commodities in the international marketplace. They played …

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 10 (1989), Laurel Horton, Eleanor Hamilton Sienkiewicz, Barbara Brackman, Suellen Meyer, Elizabeth Weyrauch Shea, Patricia Cox Crews, Debra Ballard, Virginia Gunn, Jane Przybysz, Nancilu Burdick, Gail Andrews Treschel, Bets Ramsey

Uncoverings Journal

Preface by Laurel Horton

Research Papers

The Marketing of Mary Evans by Eleanor Hamilton Sienkiewicz

Signature Quilts: Nineteenth~Century Trends by Barbara Brackman

Early Influences of the Sewing Machine and Visible Machine Stitching on Nineteenth~Century Quilts by Suellen Meyer

Nebraska Quiltmakers: 1870-1940 by Elizabeth Weyrauch Shea and Patricia Cox Crews

The Ladies Aid of Hope Lutheran Church by Debra Ballard

Quilts for Milady's Boudoir by Virginia Gunn

The Body En(w)raptured: Contemporary Quilted Garments by Jane Przybysz

The Julia Bayer Reinstein Collection by Nancilu Burdick

Mourning Quilts in America by Gail Andrews Trechsel

Special Presentation

A Tribute to Mariska Karasz (1898-1960) by …