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December 1996, Buffalo Belles Dec 1996

December 1996, Buffalo Belles

Buffalo Belles Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Review Of The Topkapi Scroll: Geometry And Ornament In Islamic Architecture, By Gulru Necipoglu, Carol Bier Dec 1996

Review Of The Topkapi Scroll: Geometry And Ornament In Islamic Architecture, By Gulru Necipoglu, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Reviewed work: The Topkapi Scroll: Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture, Gulru Necipoglu. Santa Monica, CA: J. Paul Getty Publications, 1996.

Reproducing the patterns from a 15th-century scroll (Topkapi Palace Museum Library, MS H.1956) that served as a guide for architects and artisans, Necipoglu brilliantly explores the juncture of geometry and philosophy that informed art and architecture over the centuries. Lucid essays accompany illustrations the scroll's 114 sequential patterns and place this virtually unknown work the dynamic intellectual discourses on geometry, religion and building that taking place in Europe and parts of the Islamic world during the 15th century. …


November 1996, Buffalo Belles Nov 1996

November 1996, Buffalo Belles

Buffalo Belles Newsletters

No abstract provided.


October 1996, Buffalo Belles Oct 1996

October 1996, Buffalo Belles

Buffalo Belles Newsletters

No abstract provided.


September 1996, Buffal Belles Sep 1996

September 1996, Buffal Belles

Buffalo Belles Newsletters

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Collaborative Regional Anthropology In New Guinea: From The New Guinea Micro-Evolution Project To The A. B. Lewis Project And Beyond, Robert L. Welsch Sep 1996

Collaborative Regional Anthropology In New Guinea: From The New Guinea Micro-Evolution Project To The A. B. Lewis Project And Beyond, Robert L. Welsch

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


August 1996, Buffalo Belles Aug 1996

August 1996, Buffalo Belles

Buffalo Belles Newsletters

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The Legacy Of Timur: A Small Rug At The Textile Museum, Carol Bier Aug 1996

The Legacy Of Timur: A Small Rug At The Textile Museum, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Among the two hundred lots offered oh the block by Christie's from Bernheimer Family Collection of Rugs in February 1996, a small shaped rug with white ground was acquired by the Textile Museum. The rug was Lot 192, published in the catalogue as an East Persian saddle rug dating to the 19th century. The Textile Museum's interest in the piece was sparked by my hunch, based upon its design, that this rug is far more significant than its published attribution might suggest. A carefully conceived trefoil scroll implies a Timurid heritage. To read the design correctly, it should probably have …


July 1996, Buffalo Belles Jul 1996

July 1996, Buffalo Belles

Buffalo Belles Newsletters

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Spirituality Compassion Action Pamphlet, Episcopal Diocese Aids Commission Jun 1996

Spirituality Compassion Action Pamphlet, Episcopal Diocese Aids Commission

Event Flyers and Pamphlets

Pamphlet for Spirituality Compassion Action.


June 1996, Buffalo Belles Jun 1996

June 1996, Buffalo Belles

Buffalo Belles Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Sandra Bamford's Review Of Dirk Smidt, Pieter Ter Keurs, And Albert Trouwborst's Pacific Material Culture: Essays In Honour Of Dr. Simon Kooijman On The Occasion Of His 80th Birthday, Sandra Bamford Jun 1996

Sandra Bamford's Review Of Dirk Smidt, Pieter Ter Keurs, And Albert Trouwborst's Pacific Material Culture: Essays In Honour Of Dr. Simon Kooijman On The Occasion Of His 80th Birthday, Sandra Bamford

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


May 1996, Buffalo Belles May 1996

May 1996, Buffalo Belles

Buffalo Belles Newsletters

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April 1996, Buffalo Belles Apr 1996

April 1996, Buffalo Belles

Buffalo Belles Newsletters

No abstract provided.


March 1996, Buffalo Belles Mar 1996

March 1996, Buffalo Belles

Buffalo Belles Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Alan Howard's Review Of F. Allan Hanson And Louise Hanson's Art And Identity In Oceania, Alan Howard Mar 1996

Alan Howard's Review Of F. Allan Hanson And Louise Hanson's Art And Identity In Oceania, Alan Howard

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


February 1996, Buffalo Belles Feb 1996

February 1996, Buffalo Belles

Buffalo Belles Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Legacy Of Collector George Hewitt Myers, Carol Bier Jan 1996

Legacy Of Collector George Hewitt Myers, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

A CULTURAL JEWEL in the nation's capital, The Textile Museum is a testament to the vision and unerring eye of its founder, George Hewitt Myers. Established in 1925, this small museum has assumed a revered place in the international museum community not only for the quality of its collections and library, but also for its leadership. in the study, preservation and interpretation of the textile arts. Over the years it has been the flagship institution for the conservation and display of textiles around the world based upon the foresight of Myers. Today, The Textile Museum's exhibitions and educational initiatives distinguish …


January 1996, Buffalo Belles Jan 1996

January 1996, Buffalo Belles

Buffalo Belles Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Program For The Ceremony Of The Oath Of Office For Barbra A. Kavanaugh, City Of Buffalo Jan 1996

Program For The Ceremony Of The Oath Of Office For Barbra A. Kavanaugh, City Of Buffalo

Flyers/Programs from WNY Local Events

Program for the Ceremony of the Oath of Office for Barbra A. Kavanaugh, the first openly gay or lesbian person elected to Buffalo's City Hall.


The Meaning Of Yoruba Aso Olona Is Far From Water Tight, Lisa Aronson Jan 1996

The Meaning Of Yoruba Aso Olona Is Far From Water Tight, Lisa Aronson

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

While researching the ritual meaning of cloth among the Eastern Ijo of the Niger Delta, I examined the contents of a number of family owned trunks in which were stored old and much valued cloths traded from elsewhere in Africa, Europe, and India. One type of cloth which I frequently found in these collections was one made up of three, or sometimes four, woven strips that are sewn along the salvage and decorated with supplemental weft-float design. The Eastern Ijo regard this cloth as a valuable heirloom for its trade value and for the fact that its designs evoke spiritual …


Textiles Of Sacrifice: Aztec Ritual Capes, Patricia Rieff Anawalt Jan 1996

Textiles Of Sacrifice: Aztec Ritual Capes, Patricia Rieff Anawalt

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

This presentation analyzes three long-gone prehispanic textiles, a feat made possible due to the peculiarities of the Aztec language, Nahuatl, and the sixteenth-century Spaniards' dedication to detailed recordkeeping. From Columbus' first voyage in 1492 to Spain's final expulsion from the Americas in the nineteenth century, the Spaniards were exemplary recorders. Fortunately, this trait was particularly evident in the decades following the 1519–1521 conquest of Mexico, a period that yielded invaluable conquistador eye-witness accounts, administrative records and missionary chronicles. It is to the latter genre that we owe the data presented in this paper.

Of all the newly-discovered peoples in the …


Other Pile-Weavings From Safavid Iran - The Persian Velvets At Rosenborg, Carol Bier Jan 1996

Other Pile-Weavings From Safavid Iran - The Persian Velvets At Rosenborg, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Among Persian pile-weavings, the most famous are carpets produced in Safavid Iran connected with the Persian monarchy or with European royalty. These include the Habsburg hunting Carpet today in the Osterreichisches Museum for Anfewandte Kunst, Vienna, the Swedish royal carpet, and perhaps the Boston Hunting Carpet . A hunting carpet which may also be categorized as a "medallion carpet" is that in Milan at the Poldi Pezzoli; another celebrated medallion carpet is the Ardabil carpet in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London , with a companion in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. More numerous are the star medallion …


Approaches To Understanding Oriental Carpets, Carol Bier Jan 1996

Approaches To Understanding Oriental Carpets, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

ORIENTAL CARPETS reached a peak in production in the late nineteenth century, when a boom in market demand in Europe and America encouraged increased *24 production in Turkey, Iran and the Caucasus.* Areas east of the Mediterranean Sea at that time were referred to as. the Orient (in contrast to the Occident, which referred to Europe). To study the origins of these carpets and their ancestral heritage is to embark on a journey to Central Asia and the Middle East, to regions of low rainfall and many sheep, to inhospitable lands where animal husbandry and the seeking of good pastures …


Symmetry & Pattern: The Art Of Oriental Carpets, Carol Bier Jan 1996

Symmetry & Pattern: The Art Of Oriental Carpets, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

The beauty of oriental carpets is achieved by various means including choice of colors and designs, as well as by the manipulation of designs to form pleasing patterns. Patterns in Oriental carpets are never quite what you expect — a surprise here, a flourish there, a change of color, the flip or rotation of a design where you might not predict it. The more you look, the more variations you will find.

The study of symmetry offers an approach to analyzing patterns in Oriental carpets. Through symmetry analysis we may identify areas of pattern that exhibit expected repetitions, and areas …


The Underground, Christmas 1996, Lgbtq Historical T-Shirt Collection, The Dr. Madeline Davis Lgbtq Archive Of Western New York Jan 1996

The Underground, Christmas 1996, Lgbtq Historical T-Shirt Collection, The Dr. Madeline Davis Lgbtq Archive Of Western New York

Gay Rights Historical T-Shirt Collection

Front Text: The Underground; Niteclub; 274 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY; Christmas 1996

Back Text: The Underground; 97; Together, Proud & Strong

Description: Gray shirt; red lettering on the front; green lettering on the back


Pride Without Borders, Lgbtq Historical T-Shirt Collection, The Dr. Madeline Davis Lgbtq Archive Of Western New York Jan 1996

Pride Without Borders, Lgbtq Historical T-Shirt Collection, The Dr. Madeline Davis Lgbtq Archive Of Western New York

Gay Rights Historical T-Shirt Collection

Front Text: PRIDE without Borders; 96

Back Text: n/a

Description: White shirt with white lettering; rainbow swish over a blue triangle with a buffalo outline