Exhibitions at ACOR 8
Ivan Soenderholm April 24, 2006
The American Conference on Oriental Rugs, ACOR 8 in Boston, included 12
interesting exhibitions. In the first part of the exhibition reviews I
have chosen to show rugs from New England
Collects, Gems of Caucasus, the Collection of Gerard Paquin and Baluch
rugs from the collection of Mark Hopkins.
New England Collects
The
exhibition included 50 examples of textiles from 26 members of the New
England Rug Society. According to the curator for the exhibition, Julia Bailey, the
collectors appetite for older, atypical rugs and tolerance for
less-than-pristine condition are more evident now than on earlier
conference exhibitions. (Click on images to enlarge)
NEC - Turkish prayer rug |
NEC - Persian rug from the Arak region. |
NEC - Qashqai rug |
Gems of the Caucaus
The exhibition included antique Caucasian rugs from the Rudnick
Collection. Curators were Rosalie and Mitchell Rudnick.
Marasali prayer rug - Rudnick Collection |
Shirvan prayer rug - Rudnick Collection |
Rugs from the Collection of Gerard Paquin
Top: Ersari bag face mid 19th century
Yumud asmalyk early 19th century
Gerard Paquin Collection |
Tekke main carpet 18th century
Gerard Paquin Collection |
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