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The New England Rug Society (NERS), founded in the 1980s, has been one of the largest and most active rug societies in the U.S., offering resources for rug and textile enthusiasts worldwide.
The New England Rug Society concluded it activities 26 July 2026 after its final event, a farewell summer picnic. But – NERS has created a YouTube channel featuring twenty-six past webinars, making this archive freely available to the rug-community.
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Alberto Boralevi will hold a talk ‘Exciting Carpet Finds In Italy: 40 Years Of Hunting For Unpublished Masterpieces’ 9 March 2024 virtually on Zoom. This event is organized by The New England Rug Society. In his talk Alberto Boralevi will tell about more than a dozen exciting carpets he has … -> ‘Exciting carpet finds in Italy’ by Alberto Boralevi
The New England Rug Society (NERS) has announced a webinar ‘Piece by Piece It Disappeared: Reconstructing the Chehel Sotun Carpet’ with Maggie Squires 10 February 2024. The webinar is hosted by NERS and co-sponsored by The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum. Maggie Squires’ webinar will focus on … -> The Chehel Sotun Carpet
New England Rug Society (NERS) arranges an interesting series of virtual lectures by renowned speakers. On 18 March 2023 longtime NERS member Gerard Paquin will hold a virtual lecture ‘Silk and Wool: Crosscurrent Influences in Turkish Rugs and Textiles’.
Gunnar Nilsson, a Swedish collector and independent scholar, will hold a virtual lecture on 17-19th centuries Swedish textiles Saturday 11 February at 1:00 pm (Eastern Time US and Canada). The program is hosted by New England Rug Society with co-hosts GW University/Textile Museum and Textile Museum Associates of Southern California. … -> Virtual lecture on Swedish textiles from 1680-1850 by Gunnar Nilsson