Past Events of the International Hajji Baba Society
June 10, 2023-Saul Barodofsky on Kashgar Yurt Textiles; RTAM at the GW-Textile Museum that the IHBS co-sponsored
October 16, 2022-Annual Picnic and Market
October 3, 2021-Annual Picnic and Market
March 13, 2021-Presentation by Dr. Richard Isaacson
WOVEN GEMS ALONG THE SILK ROAD:
Small Pile Weavings of the Turkic Nomads of Central Asia
January 17, 2021-Presentation by Dr. Jeffrey Splitstoser, The Preceramic Textiles of Huaca Prieta (North Coast of Peru) and the Earliest Known Use of Indigo
November 22, 2020-Presentation by Dr. Theodore Ted Mast, The Evolution of Rug Scholarship
November 7, 2020-Presentation by Thomas Murray, Repurposed Cloth, Meaning Changes with Context
March 1, 2020-Presentation by Richard Isaacson
Arab Abstraction: Kilims of the Arabs of Uzbekistan
February 9, 2020-Annual IHBS Dinner Meeting and Presentation by Chris Buckley
Tibetan Rugs: Ancient Problems, Innovative Solutions
November 23, 2019-Presentation by Shiv Sikri
Hidden in Plain Sight: Irregularities & Variations in Oriental Rug Designs
October 19, 2019-Presentation by Rosamund Mack
The Mystery of Cairo's Magnificent Mamluk Carpets
October 6, 2019-Annual Picnic
September 29, 2019-Presentation by Dewitt Mallary
Turkmen Carpets: A New Perspective from Juerg Rageth
June 12, 2019-Curator-led Tour of Japanese Indigo Exhibition
May 11, 2019-Private Tour of IHBS Member Roger Pratt's Collection
April 27, 2019-Presentation by Dr. Richard Laursen
Textile dye analysis: What it can tell you and what not
March 31, 2019-Presentation by Vedat Karadag:
Current methods for making fake and copies of antique rugs in Anatolia and Persia
March 30, 2019-
Presentation by Charissa Bremer-David:
The presence and role of European tapestries in American domestic interiors, 1900-1950
February 10, 2019-Annual Dinner Meeting and Presentation by Prof. Louise Shelley,
The Dark Side of the Textile Trade: From the Silk Road to Today
December 2, 2018-Silken Resistance: A Short History of Ikat;
Presentation by Dr. Richard Isaacson
October 21, 2018-Open House at home of Michael Kaplan and Steven Nordfjord
October 7, 2018-
Central Asian Embroideries Classified by Tribe
Talk by Ali Istalifi
September 30, 2018-Annual Picnic and Rug Market
June 24, 2018-Private Tour of IHBS Member Roger Pratt's Collection
May 26, 2018-
JOURNEYS IN INDIGO: chasing the blues from the skyscrapers of Yemen to the skyscrapers of Manhattan.
Talk by Jenny Balfour Paul
April 28, 2018-
"The Ottoman Heritage in Austro-Hungarian Costume and Textiles",
Talk by Joyce Corbett
April 15, 2018- Festivals, Fairs & Rituals: Textiles, Costumes and Carpets of the Eastern Grasslands of Tibet, talk by Cheri Hunter
March 24, 2018- Hats and Headdresses: From Antiquity to the Present, Talk by Ira Spar
February 23, 2018- Tapestries in the Dumbarton Oaks collection, Talk by James Carder, Archivist and House Collection Manager
February 4, 2018- Talk by Hillary Steel,
"Ikat/Jaspe: A Comparative Look at Process and Design from Three Continents" and Annual Dinner Meeting
November 12, 2017-
18th and 19th century Turkish Rugs and their Relation to the Transylvanian Group,
Talk by Stefano Ionescu
October 14, 2017-
The Coptic Tapestry Albums and The Archaeologist of Antinoι, Albert Gayet,
Talk by Nancy Hoskins
October 1, 2017- Annual Picnic
September 23, 2017-
Documenting and Digitizing Your Collection,
Talk by Susan Laudicina
June 3, 2017-
Lighting Your Carpets, Talk by Michael Kaplan
April 23, 2017-
Open House at Home of Kelly Webb and Frances Plunkett
February 12, 2017- Secrets of Tibetan Weaving, Talk by Rupert Smith
January 28, 2017- Talk by Thomas Cook, "Rug scholarship and connoisseurship" and Annual Dinner Meeting
November 13, 2016- Flatweaves 101;
From Alternating Soumak to Zili: The Basic Structures of Oriental Flatweaves; Talk by Patrick Weiler
October 16, 2016- Textiles of Indonesia
from the Collection of Roger Pratt
October 9, 2016- Annual Picnic
August 14, 2016-
IHBS Member Show & Tell Part 2
at The Textile Museum
July 17, 2016-
IHBS Member Show & Tell Part 1
at The Textile Museum
June 5, 2016-
The Blue Veil of Ladakh,
Talk by Jaina Mishra
May 1, 2016-
The Allure of Luxury: The Impact of the Kashmir Shawl on Dress and Design in Persia;
Talk by Jeff Spurr
April 10, 2016-
The Thomas Cook Collection of Persian Rugs
March 20, 2016-
Themes and Memes, Signs and Symbols: Ottoman Style and Other Voices in Anatolian Rug Design; Talk by Dennis Dodds
January 31, 2016- Presentation by Dr. Elizabeth Williams on "Dress and Dιcor: Textiles and Jewelry from Late Antique Egypt" and Annual Dinner Meeting
November 15, 2015 Rugs and Textiles from the Southern and Western Caucasus; Tour of a Private collection
October 16, 2015 Private tour of Byzantine and Pre-Columbian Textiles,
Dumbarton Oaks Museum
September 27, 2015 Annual Picnic
August 8, 2015- Reception and Exhibition of IHBS Member Textiles for the International Conference on Oriental Carpets at David Zahirpour's Gallery
June 14, 2015- Classic Laces: Fashion, Status, and Civilization
talk by Cecilia Anderson
May 17, 2015- Tents and Furnishing of the Nomads of Central Asia
talk by Richard Isaacson
April 19, 2015- Reassembling a Persian Beauty, talk by Anna Beselin, Senior Textile Conservator, Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin
March 1, 2015- Turkish Kilim Designs,
talk by Ali Riza Tuna
January 25, 2015- Presentation by Dr. Jeffrey C. Splitstoser on "Unwrapping Khipu History" and Annual Dinner Meeting
December 6, 2014- IHBS Members' Favorite Rugs and Textiles
presented at a Rug and Textile Appreciation Morning
at The Textile Museum, Washington DC
November 16, 2014- The Element of Surprise in Japanese Kimono Tradition, Presentation by Ann Marie Moeller
October 5, 2014- Textiles of Hainan: Seeking the Source of Lost Austronesian Iconography, Presentation by Tom Murray
September 28, 2014 Annual Picnic
June 1, 2014 Textiles of Central and Eastern Arunachal Pradesh
May 3, 2014 Ottoman Velvets as Luxury Goods: Foreign Competition, Markets, and Mass Production
March 9, 2014 Tuduc fakes in European and American collections, Presentation by Stefano Ionesco
February 23, 2014 Visit to a Local Collector's Home
January 26, 2014 Presentation by Lee Talbot and Annual Meeting
December 1, 2013 Turkmen Show-And-Tell at a Member's Home
November 10, 2013
The Dragon Chasing the Horse - Or Was It the Other Way Around?"
Chinese and Tibetan Saddle Rugs; Talk by Koos de Jong
November 3, 2013 Exploring The Little Known: Textiles of the South Balkans, Presentation by Tim & Penny Hayes
October 6, 2013 19th Century Workshop Rugs from the Eastern Caucasus
September 8, 2013 Annual Picnic
June 16, 2013 Rediscovering the Chinese Textile Collection in the Freer Gallery of Art; Lecture by Daisy Wang
May 19, 2013 Continuous Threads of the Maya Weaver; Lecture by Yolanda Alcorta and Sheba Velasco
May 5, 2013 Baluch Pile Weavings; Lecture by DeWitt Mallery
April 21, 2013 The Magic Power of Large Medallion Suzanis; Lecture by Gisela Helmecke
April 14, 2013 What's a Collector to Do? The Sticky Issue of Provenance
March 24, 2013 Southwestern Textiles: History, Technique, Design; Lecture by Cecilia Anderson
February 24, 2013 Two Great Textile Traditions of South India; Lecture by Karthika Audinet
January 13, 2013 Presentation by Julia Brennan and Annual Meeting
October 7, 2012 Late Mamluk Carpets: Some New Observations by Jon Thompson
September 30, 2012 Annual Picnic
September 23, 2012 Qaraqalpaq Culture and Textiles; by David and Sue Richardson
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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