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Blanket Statements, Issue 18, August 1989

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 18, August 1989

Blanket Statements, Issue 16, February 1989

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 16, February 1989

Blanket Statements, Issue 19, Winter 1989

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 19, Winter 1989

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]

Blanket Statements, Issue 17, May 1989

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 17, May 1989

Blanket Statements, Issue 18, August 1989

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 18, August 1989

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 …

"Introduction" To Content And Context Of Visual Arts In The Islamic World: Papers From A Colloquium In Memory Of Richard Ettinghausen, Carol Bier, Priscilla P. Soucek

Textile Research Works

The edited papers presented in this memorial volume offer tribute to Richard Ettinghausen, scholar, teacher, curator and friend, a great man who affected within his own lifetime the study of Islamic art throughout the Western world. Through the high caliber of his scholarship and his discerning connoisseurship, he had a profound effect on the intellectual development of those whom he touched through his manifold activities, whether in publications, formal lectures, or an informal sharing of his knowledge. In recognition of his many achievements he received in 1976 "Pour le Merite," the highest civil decoration awarded by the Federal Republic of …

Blanket Statements, Issue 13, May 1988

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 13, May 1988

Blanket Statements, Issue 14, August 1988

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 14, August 1988

Blanket Statements, Issue 14, August 1988

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 14, August 1988

Blanket Statements, Issue 12, February 1988

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 12, February 1988

Blanket Statements, Issue 15, November 1988

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 15, November 1988

Blanket Statements, Issue 8, February 1987

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 8, February 1987

Blanket Statements, Issue 9, June 1987

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 9, June 1987

Blanket Statements, Issue 10, September 1987

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 10, September 1987

Blanket Statements, Issue 11, November 1987

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 11, November 1987

Woven From The Soul, Spun From The Heart, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Textiles are luxuries and necessities. They are artifacts as well as primary sources which contain a wealth of information about the society that produced them Materials and color represent products available for textile production; structure gives evidence of levels of technological achievement. Patterns illustrate belief and values, frequently offering insight into daily life. The mingling of motifs expresses a kinship of ideas. Textiles, above all, illustrate a culture's freshness and vitality, its flexibility and adaptation to change.

Meaning and Metaphor: Cultural themes occur in both Persian poetry and the textile arts. Hunting, falconry, bird-and-flower studies were popular subjects for poetry, …

Blanket Statements, Issue 4, March 1986

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 4, March 1986

Blanket Statements, Issue 5, May 1986

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 5, May 1986

Blanket Statements, Issue 6, August 1986

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 6, August 1986

Blanket Statements, Issue 7, November 1986

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 7, November 1986

Blanket Statements, Issue 6, August 1986

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 6, August 1986

Blanket Statements, Issue 3, September 1985

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 3, September 1985

Blanket Statements, Issue 2, March 1985

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 2, March 1985

Blanket Statements, Issue 3, September 1985

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 3, September 1985

Blanket Statements, Issue 1, November 1984

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 1, November 1984

The Work Of Al-Hasan B. Muhammad, Die Engraver At Isbahan And Al-Muhammadiyya, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Four Buyid coins in the collection of t he American Numismatic Society, struck between 358-68 H. /A.D. 968-79 at two mints in Jibal province, illustrate a phenomenon unique in the history of Islamic coinage. They concern the status of a die engraver named al-Hasan b. Muhammad. A silver dirham bearing his signature was first noted by George C. Miles and published in 1938. It was at that time the only Islamic coin known to bear the signature of a die engraver. More recently, four additional coins have been located which shed more light upon the career of this artisan. His …

The Bryas Palace Of Theophilus, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

According to the Continuation of the chronicles of Theophanes the Bryas palace of Theophilus (829-842) was built in imitation of an Arab palace. The present inquiry into its Islamic source offers a new interpretation of the Bryas palace within the context of Middle Byzantine secular architecture and the development of court ceremonial. ::?revious studies have concentrated upon locating Bryas in efforts to determine the extent of Islamic impact on the architecture of Byzantium. The most recent attempt, put forth by Dr. Semavi Eyice, tentatively links the unexcavated ruins at KUyUkyal!, a suburb of Istanbul, with the literary description of Bryas …

Excavations At Korucutepe, Turkey. Part Ii: The Fortification Wall, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Excavations at Korucutepe have brought to light a fortification wall of a type common in Anatolia during the second millennium B.c. The wall had been exposed in places by bulldozing operations for a government farm. Excavation revealed a plan consisting of a curtain wall with a double stone foundation (see fig. 7). Square towers project at intervals where the direction of the wall changes. Adjacent to two of the towers is a passageway, one on the south side of the mound, one on the northeast, leading out from the city. There is no indication of any cross walls, or casemates, …