Central Asian Carpet Traditions by Elena Tsareva

Detail of Turkmen carpet fragment (photographed from back), Middle Amu darya region. Wool; knotted pile (asymmetrical knot, open to theright). FAMSF, Wiedersperg Collection.

De Young Museum will present a lecture about Central asian carpets by Dr. Elena Tsareva during the SF Tribal Art and Textile Show. The Sixth Annual Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Memorial Lecture: ‘Central Asian Carpet Traditions: Nomadic vs. Sedentary’, by Dr. Elena Tsareva will take place Saturday, 9 February at 1 p.m. at the de Young Museum, Koret Auditorium, San Francisco.