The Robert Pinner Lectures 2005

To coincide with the fair 2005 the Hali Fair has announced a programme of lectures in memory of Robert Pinner.

The lectures include:

Saturday 11 June:
1.45 Opening by Daniel Shaffer, Executive Editor of Hali
2.00 James Reid: Magic Feathers. Textile Art from Ancient Peru
3.00 Stefano Ionescu: The Saxon Churches of Transylvania and their Rugs
4.00 Caroline Finkel: The Ottoman Sultans and the Holy Places of Islam
5:00 Jacqueline Simcox: Chinese Textiles of the Ming Dynasty
6.00 Michael Franses: Suzani Dowry Embroideries from the Emirates of Bukhara & Kokand

Sunday 12 June:
2.00 James D. Burns: Antique Rugs of Kurdistan
3.00 Jenny Balfour Paul: Indigo
4.00  Robert Chenciner: Madder
5:00  Gebhart Blazek: Berber Carpets in the Context of the 20th Century
6.00  Bevis Longstreth: The Pazyryk Puzzle: Where, Why and by Whom?

Evangelic Parish Church Medias - photo courtesy Stefano Ionescu
Transylvanianrugs.com

Jozan Magazine 27 May 2005 - rev 2 June 2005