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The New England Rug Society (NERS) is an informal, non-profit
organization of people interested in enriching their knowledge and
appreciation of antique oriental rugs and textiles.
NERS members gather six to eight times each year at meetings
which usually feature an outside speaker and focus on a particular theme related to the
rug field, with an occasional textile topic included for
variety. Meetings are held in various locations in the greater
Boston area, depending on the subject. |
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| News |
Next Meeting - The first
meeting of the 2010/2011 season will be on September 10th. The
featured speaker is Austin Doyle, who will be discussing Eastern
Caucasian rugs. |
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New online exhibition - coming soon: Small Weavings of the
South Persian Nomads |
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Event Calendar |
Event Calendar for the 2010/2011 Season |
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| Sept. 10th |
Austin Doyle, "Eastern Caucasian Rugs." A collector and Washington Hajji Baba member, Austin will focus on the widely admired rug types he prefers. (First Parish) |
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| Oct. 8th | Mae Festa, "My First Forty Years of Collecting." Wendell Swan will present highlights from the textile collection of this beloved NERS member and longtime textile art consultant, and Mae herself will comment and reminisce. | |||||
| Nov. 5th | Stefano lonescu, "Tuduc Fakes in European and American Collections." The noted Romanian scholar, author, and tour guide will introduce us to the infamous forger Theodor Tuduc, whose "reproductions" have fooled many a prestigious museum. | |||||
| Feb. 4th | John Gillow: "Antique Indian Textiles." This dealer from Cambridge, England, will show and discuss a wide array of old but still collectible Indian textiles. | |||||
| March TBD | Richard Laursen, "Analysis of Dyes in Historical Textiles: A Consideration of Some Nineteenth-Century Uzbek Suzanis." The former Boston University chemistry professor will offer an audience-friendly analysis of the spectacular colors in these embroidered textiles. | |||||
| April TBD | Susan Lind-Sinanian, "Caspar Pilobosian's Collection of Caucasian Rugs." Generous NERS member and textile curator of the Armenian Library and Museum of America, Susan will introduce the current exhibition at ALMA and lead us on a gallery tour. (ALMA) | |||||
| May TBD | The annual picnic, moth market and show-and-tell session. At the Gore Place, Waltham, MA. | |||||
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Membership |
Annual membership dues are: Student: $25, Single: $45, Couple:
$65, Supporting: $90, Patron: $120.
Additional NERS information can be
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