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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.
 

We welcome you to our site. And if you like what you see, we'll be pleased to welcome you as a member as well.  On this website, you will find everything you need to apply for membership. Enjoy your visit. 
   
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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.
 
Online dues payment - Use PayPal to pay your membership dues with a credit card, debit card or bank transfer.  Click here to make your payment.
 
New online exhibition - coming soon: Small Weavings of the South Persian Nomads
 

Event
Calendar

Event Calendar for the 2010/2011 Season

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)

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.


View the event calendars from previous seasons
 


Membership

Annual membership dues are: Student: $25,  Single: $45, Couple: $65, Supporting: $90, Patron: $120.  
 
New members If you would like to join NERS (of course you would!), you can pay your dues online via PayPal or you can print out the PDF membership form and mail it in along with a check.
   
Current members When you receive your yearly renewal notice (usually mid-summer) either pay your dues online with Paypal or send in a check.

Additional NERS information can be
obtained by sending email to NERS


Site last updated on 07/15/10
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NERS is a member of the
American Conference
On Oriental Rugs
  

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