Past Events of the International Hajji Baba Society May 5, 2013– Baluch Pile Weavings April 21, 2013– The Magic Power of Large Medallion Suzanis April 14, 2013– What's a Collector to Do? The Sticky Issue of Provenance March 24, 2013– Southwestern Textiles: History, Technique, Design February 24, 2013– Two Great Textile Traditions of South India January 13, 2013– Presentation by Julia Brennan and Annual Meeting October 7, 2012– Late Mamluk Carpets: Some New Observations September 30, 2012– Annual Picnic September 23, 2012– Qaraqalpaq Culture and Textiles August 26, 2012– Workshop on "Handle" April 1, 2012– Visit to the Home of Local Collectors of South Persian Weavings January 22, 2012– Annual Meeting, Dinner and Talk by Bruce Baganz October 9, 2011– Picnic at the Keshishian Farm September 11, 2011– The Bechhoefer Collection March 27, 2011– Fez & Kilim, Lecture by Peter Bichler March 5, 2011– Palmettes, Split Leaves and Arabesques--Variations and Permutations on an Ornament, Lecture by Christian Erber January 8, 2011– Annual Meeting, Potluck Dinner and Lecture by Paul Hepworth on Topkapi Textiles November 20, 2010– The China Silk Road October 31, 2010– Great Anatolian Rugs Sourced In Transylvania September 19, 2010– Collecting the Uncollectible: Kurdish Flatweaves of Afreen September 12, 2010– 2010 Picnic at the Summer Home of Ed and Cassie Zimmerman April 11, 2010– Small South Persian Tribal Weavings, Lecture by Ann Nicholas and Richard Blumenthal March 7, 2010– Transylvanian Rugs, Lecture by Amy Rispin, Pat Reilly, and Tim Hayes February 21, 2010– Feltmaking Traditions (Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Turkey), Lecture by Christine Martens January 16, 2010– Annual Meeting, Potluck Dinner and Lecture by Nurhan Atasoy on Ottoman Imperial Tents November 11, 2009– A contemporary view of old Caucasian village rugs, Lecture by Raoul Tschebull September 13,2009- Picnic at the Zimmerman's May 17, 2009– The Textiles of Kyrgyzstan – A Mixture of Pragmatism and Artistic Values, Lecture by Ambassador Eileen A. Malloy April 19, 2009– Renaissance Italy and the Oriental Carpet: Documents, Paintings and Survivors, Lecture by Alberto Boralevi, Florence, Italy March 1, 2009– The Origins of the Chintamani Motif and its Use in Ottoman Textiles, Lecture by Dr. Sumiyo Okumura February 8, 2009– Harold Keshishian's 80th Birthday Celebration January 10, 2009 Annual Meeting, Potluck Dinner and Lecture by Julia Brennan on Conserving Bhutanese Textiles December 14, 2008 Textiles of Burma (Myanmar) September 7, 2008 Nomads in Anatolia - Their Life and Their Textiles, Lecture by Harold Bφhmer August 17, 2008 Picnic at the Keshishian's July 20, 2008 The Language of East Asian Textile Design, Lecture by Lee Talbot April 20, 2008 Turkish Felt Rug Making and Dyeing, Lecture by Mehmet Girgiη and Theresa May-O'Brien March 30, 2008 Some Musings on the Origins of the Turkmen Gφl, Lecture by Richard Wright February 2, 2008 Annual Meeting, Potluck Dinner and Lecture by Daniel Walker January 20, 2008 Shibori: the Japanese Art of Tie Dyeing, Lecture by Jeffrey Krauss Keshishian's 2007 Christmas Party November 11, 2007 Contemporary Textile Production in Uzbekistan, Lecture by Christine Brown October 21, 2007 Ronald Graham in 19th c. Persia: Rugs and Textiles in his Photo Album, Lecture by Jeff Spurr September 9, 2007 Picnic at the Zimmerman's August 19, 2007 Tremendous Transatlantic Turkmen Treffen August 13, 2007 From Sagdak to Salor, Lecture by Jόrg Rageth March 25, 2007 Iranian Bags, Covers and Bands as Woven and Used in the Nomad Context, Lecture by Raoul Tschebull February 18, 2007 Looking at Carpets on the Diagonal, Lecture by Carol Bier January 27, 2007 Annual Meeting and Wendell Swan's Talk on Shahsavan Weavings Party January 21, 2007 Afshar Salon Keshishian's 2006 Christmas Party September 10, 2006 Picnic April 29, 2006, Carbon Dating of Turkmen Rugs and Dye/Mordant Analysis, Lecture by Jurg Rageth March 5, 2006, Malagasy Textiles, Talk by Julia Brennan and Sarah Fee November 13, 2005, Transylvanian Rugs in their Context, Talk by Alberto Boralevi September 25, 2005 Picnic September 11, 2005, How the Great Carpets Were Made, Talk by Jon Thompson,

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