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Individual copies of the current edition of Asian Textiles, the newsletter of the Oxford Asian Textile Group, or still available back issues may be purchased at a cost of £2 (or 4 Euros) each and are currently held by the OATG Membership Secretary, The Old Vicarage, Asthall, Burford, OX18 4HW, UK. Payment may be made by Sterling cheque drawn on a UK bank; a Euro cheque drawn on a EU bank or, if you do not have a Sterling or Euro bank account you may make payment via PayPal. At the present time OATG will only accept payments via PayPal from those without Sterling accounts. If you live outside the UK please check for additional postage costs before sending your payment by sending a message to back issues and also if you wish to pay via Acceptance Mark.

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OATG newsletters: 31 - 38

Man's robe with Chinese embroidery on the outside and ikat lining.  Given to Robert Shaw by Yakub Beg, ruler of Kashgar, April 1869.  Ashmolean Museum EAX.3975.
Asian Textiles - Newsletter No 39 - 32p, February 2008
World-renowned Textile Conservation Centre faces closure - Nick Fielding
Central Asian Ikats at the V&A from the Rau Collection - Ruby Clark
Consigned to the saleroom - without the benefit of guaranteed visiting rights - Sheila Paine
Unravelling the mysteries of the Karakalpaks - David and Sue Richardson
My mother's treasured textiles - Phyllis Nye
Revealing the beauty and splendour of Arabian costume - www.mansoojat.org
The Ashmolean Museum's new textile gallery: A phoenix of splendour and brilliance - Ruth Barnes

OATG visits and meetings: Burmese woven tapes with a meritorious message; Captivating collection of Kyrgyz textiles - plus members' 'show and tell'.

Falling in love with indigo: Aimee Payton at the 'Indigo: Global Perspectives' conference in Brighton

Book reviews: Chinese Dress, from the Qing Dynasty to the Present, Garrett, Valery; Textiles of South-East Asia, Thompson, Angela; The Art of Indonesian Textiles, The E M Bakwin Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago, Majlis, Brigitte Khan; Uzbek Embroidery in the Nomadic Tradition: The Jack A and Aviva Robinson Collection at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Fitz Gibbon, Kate and Hale, Andrew; Chinese Braid Embroidery, Carey, Jacqui; Russian Textiles: Printed Cloths for the Bazaars of Central Asia, Meller, Susan.

UK and Oveseas events

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Renowned Japanese artist Nagara Yozo embroidering a lion on a frame c1910
Newsletter No 38 - 32p, October 2007
Phyllis Nye, our founding editor, retires - Ruth Barnes
And a new editor takes over - Nick Fielding
News: Remarkable find in 2500-year old Chinese tomb; Arts and Ethnology Centre opens in Luang Prabang, Laos; Jun Tomita, master of the Japanese art of kasuri (ikat) weaving; Washington's Textile Museum set for major expansion.
Ceremonial coverlets from Japan: Japanese Fukusa textiles from the Meiji Period - Hiroko McDermott
Japanese wrapping textiles at the Horniman - Fiona Kerlogue
Cataloguing the Iranian Qajar textile collection at the V&A - Jennifer Wearden
OATG visits and meetings: The British Museum Store, the Bhutanese and Indonesian collections of Lesley Pullen and Mary Kinipple's collection of Tibetan textiles
Book reviews: Crafting Beauty in Mondern Japan catalogue for the exhibition: 'Japan's 'Living National Treasures' at the British Museum, Nicole Rousmaniere (ed); Minority Textile Techniques, Costumes from South-West China Ruth Smith (ed); Architectural Textiles: Tent Bands of Central Asia, by Richard Isaacson; Natural Dyes: Sources, Tradition, Technology and Science, by Dominique Cardon, trans. Caroline Higgit; Material choices: Refashioning bast and leaf fibres in Asia and the Pacific, Roy W. Hamilton and B. Lynne Milgram (eds); Balotra: The complex language of print, Emma Ronald.
Events in the UK and abroad

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A weaver suckles her baby while working her loom, bronze, height 25.8 cm, depth 22.8 cm, width 15.2 cm from Flores, Eastern Indonesia, 6th century AD (see p. 15)
Newsletter No 37 - 32p, June 2007
Miao Textiles: Some Traditional Processes - Marie Claire Quiquemelle, translated by Graham Narramore
The Bronze Weaver: A Recent Acquisition at the National Gallery of Australia - Ruth Barnes
A "Japanese Gown" - Shelley Tobin
Kimono with a History - Anna Jackson
Resource Centre for Weavers Studio, Kolkata (Calcutta) - Darshan Shah
Reports of OATG Meetings
A New Book on Kyrgyzstan - Nicholas Fielding
Exhibitions: Two Indigo Shows - Jenny Balfour-Paul; Surprising Finds at the British Library - Phyllis Nye
Other Exhibitions, UK and Overseas
Symposium
OATG Website
OATG Subscriptions
OATG Officers
 

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A monk sitting on a Wangden runner in Drapung Hermitage near Lhasa.  This runner is around 50 or more years old and is one of a set of four that were woven especially for the assembly hall of this small monastery.  (See p.18)
Newsletter No 36 - 32p, February 2007
The revival of Silk Ikats in Uzbekistan - Philippa Watkins
What's in a Name? Creating a Dyestuff Analysis Database - Richard Laurensen
Pile Textiles in Central Tibet - Chris Buckley
International Natural Dye Conference in Hyderabad
Reports of Meetings
Letter to the Editor
Museums Round-Up
Books
Exhibiton: Indigo: A Blue to Dye For
Other Exhibitions, UK and Overseas
Symposium
 

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Sri Lankan lacemaker at work in March 2006; see p. 9 (photo, emily Castelli Burns)
Newsletter No 35 - 32p, October 2006
On the Trail of Ancient Dyes in Central Asia - Richard Laursen
The Binding of Isaac and Linen Beating: Textile Processes as Metaphors - Nahum Ben-Yehuda
After the Tsunami: Recovery of Lace-Making in Sri Lanka - Indira Malwatte
The OATG Trip to Manchester - Barbara Isaac
Knitting Numbers: A Tribute to Alison Smith
Hurrah for Virgin Trains! - Phyllis Nye
Museums Round-Up
Books

Exhibition: Khmer Silks at the Horniman Museum

Other Exhibitions, UK and Overseas
Lectures and Events
 

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'Sazigyo', Burmese woven text, wrapped around perspex to enable both sides of the tape to be seen.  Photography by courtesy of the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery.  See p. 16
Newsletter No 34 - 32p, June 2006
Shan court Textiles at the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery - Helen Mears
Lakher Women's Clothing in the Pitt Rivers Museum - Martha Brundin
Sazigyo: Textile Texts - Ralph Isaacs
Reports of OATG Meetings
Letter to the Editor: Patterns and Culture Network
Museums Round-Up
Book review - Fraser, David W. & Barbara G., Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from Myanmar, India and Bangladesh
Other Recent Books and Publications
Exhibition: Faraway Festival Costumes of the Minorities of Ghuizou Province, South West China travelling exhibition within the Hampshire County Council Museums and Archives Service - Eastleigh, Aldershot and Willis Museums
Other Exhibitions, UK and Overseas
Conferences, Lectures and Events
 

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Mid-nineteenth century white muslin jama from Rajasthan which has recently undergone conservation in the Victoria and Albert Museum conservation laboratory and is now on display in the Nehru Gallery (see p. 4)
Newsletter No 33 - 28p, February 2006
Rotation of Textiles in the Nehru Gallery of Indian Art, Victoria and Albert Museum - Linda Hillyer
Turkish Hand-knitted Stocking - Biret Tavman
Pigrimage: The Sacred Journey, Textiles in the Exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum - Ruth Barnes
Reports of OATG Meetings
Museums Round-Up
Book reviews - King, Brenda M., Silk and Empire; Hann, M.A. & Thomas, B.G. Patterns or Culture: Decorative Weaving Techniques
Other Recent Books and Publications
Exhibition: Treasured Textiles: Cloth and Clothing Around the World at the Pitt Rivers Museum
Other Exhibitions
Lectures and Events
 

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Newsletter No 32 - 32 pp, October 2005
Japanese Textiles in the Horniman Museum - Ann Hecht
Textiles from Easternmost Indonesia - David and Sue Richardson
Power, Pattern and Projection in Japanese Textiles - Marion Maule
Building a Collection: Asian Textiles in the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas - Mary Dusenbury
Obituary - Oliver Impey
Panels with Cranes and Irises: An essay presented in memory of Oliver Impey - Mary Dusenbury
Reports of OATG Meetings
Museums Round-Up
Book reviews - Kuchler, Susanne and Were, Graeme: Pacific Pattern
Other Recent Books and Publications
Exhibitions
Conferences, Symposia, Lectures and Events
Lectures and Events
 

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Turkish embroidered felt waistcoat, Horniman Museum. see p.5
Newsletter No 31 - 32 pp, June 2005
Asian Felt in the Collections of the Horniman Museum - Kirsten Halliday
The Significance of Silk: Indian Silk and its Connexions with the English Silk Industry - Brenda King
A Fashion for Ethics: Some Thoughts on "Ethical" Consumerism and Fashion - Emma Dick
Reports of OATG Meetings
The Thai Textile Society
Letter - Textile Enthusiasts in Singapore
Museums Round-Up

Book Reviews - Smith, Ruth: Miao Embroidery from South West China: Textiles from The Gina Corrigan Collection (Researchers: Margaret Baker, Gina Corrigan, Ros Downing, Marianne Ellis, Cobi Erskine, Deryn O'Connor, Thea Nield, Jeru Pinel, Phyllis Smith, Ruth Smith).

Other Recent Books and Publications
Exhibition: Nonya Kebaya at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore
Other Exhibitions
Conferences, Symposia, Lectures and Events

Index for Newsletters Nos. 23-31 October 2002 to June 2005

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