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Issue 71 Autumn 2018

Issue 71 Autumn 2018

Embroidery and Identity: A Palestinian thōb from the Pitt Rivers Museum - Abigael Flack Chinese imperial court dress and insignia of rank: Ultimate power dressing! Origins, evolution and eventual demise - by David Rosier Mystery object My favourite… memory - Sheila Paine 'Indonesian Textiles at the Tropenmuseum' by Itie Van Hout - Book review by Fiona Kerlogue Exhibition review: 'Weaving New Worlds' - by Jennifer M Gurd Finnish Ryijy - Gavin Strachan

Issue 70 Summer 2018

Issue 70 Summer 2018

Unpicking Woven Heritage: Cultural narratives of handwoven eri silk textiles from Meghalaya, Northeast India - Anna-Louise Meynell The Chris Hall collection of Chinese Textiles Book Review: 'Kam Women Artisans of China: Dawn of the Butterflies' by Marie Anna Lee Our favourite...dye pot by David and Sue Richardson Dress at royal wedding labelled 'tribal' sparks Hmong outcry

Issue 69 Spring 2018

Issue 69 Spring 2018

John Thomson: photography in the Far East 1862–1872 Narcissist - one of Sara Rahbar’s flag series Book Review: 'Tibetan Dress in Amdo & Kham' by Gina Corrigan Book Review: 'Textiles of the Middle East and Central Asia: The Fabric of Life' by Fahmida Suleman My favourite place is Peshawar - John Gillow Show and Tell 2018 Minutes of the 2018 Annual General Meeting

Issue 68 Winter 2017

Issue 68 Winter 2017

Taiwanese aboriginal woven fabrics and the British Museum - Tsai Yu Shan and Pamela Cross A Japanese wall hanging from the Meiji period - Fiona Kerlogue Abegg-Stiftung – the museum and conservation studio ‘Dressed’ Indian prints at the British Museum - Pamela Cross Iban sungkit cloths - OATG talk by Mike Heppell

Issue 67 June 2017

Issue 67 June 2017

Embroidered Bodies from the Ashmolean Museum - Aimée Payton Textiles in The Arts of Southeast Asia from the SOAS Collections - Farouk Yahya Book Review: Batik Jawa Bagi Dunia, Javanese Batik to the World by Maria Wronska-Friend Rosati – the painter who loved textiles, but ethnographers beware - Gavin Strachan Book Review: Embroidered Visions: Photographs by Sheila Paine by Katherine Clough and Philip N. Grover Early Textiles Study Group Conference September 2017 The 17th-century Mughal pavilion

Issue 66 February 2017

Issue 66 February 2017

The Qaraqalpaq yurt and its decoration - David and Sue Richardson Fascinating Children’s Hats by Monique Derwig - book review by Pamela Cross Mystery objects: your help sought Letters to the editor Show & Tell January 2017 Asian Textiles in Asia OATG 2017 Annual General Meeting

Issue 65 November 2016

Issue 65 November 2016

OATG AGM Show & Tell Hmong Threads of Life: Traditional Hmong textiles from the Golden Triangle - Victoria Voreitter Letter from America, November 2016 - Ruth Barnes

Issue 64 June 2016

Issue 64 June 2016

Hawaiian Featherwork - Nick Fielding Textiles of the Banjara: Cloth and Culture of a Wandering Tribe - book review by Pamela Cross Textiles from the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon - Aimée Payton Bags on bikes in Iran by Gavin Strachan - Gavin Strachan World Textile Day, King’s Sutton The Al Lulwa Collection - book review by Sheila Allen Show and Tell, January 2016 OATG events survey

Issue 63 February 2016

Issue 63 February 2016

Sustaining cultural heritage? The case of contemporary Indian block prints - Eiluned Edwards 2 silk embroideries in Ashmolean - Paul Bevan Funeral of a King - David + Sue Richardson Islamic footwear exhibition at the British Museum - Fahmida Suleman The Roots of Asian Weaving: The He Haiyan collection of textiles and looms from Southwest China by Eric Boudot and Chris Buckley - review by Pamela Cross OATG Annual General Meeting - Judith Colegate

Issue 62 October 2015

Issue 62 October 2015

Behind the scenes with British Museum conservators at ‘Shifting Patterns: Pacific bark-cloth clothing’ - Monique Pullan Tracking sources of Chinese dress and fabrics in museum collections - John E. Vollmer Patterns for children - Shweta Dhariwal 'The Fabric of India' - Rosemary Crill OATG’s 20th birthday party

Issue 61 June 2015

Issue 61 June 2015

Miao textile collections at Pitt Rivers Museum - Faye Belsey Hawaiian revival: rediscovering the art of making kapa - Nick Fielding The woven wind of Bengal - Sonia Ashmore Shoes: pleasure and pain - Helen Persson Human feeling + hard facts about carpets: an update from the Beattie Archive - Katherine Clough OATG visit to Sri Owen - Sue Richardson The weaving skills of the plains aborigines in Taiwan - Yushan Tsai

Issue 60 February 2015

Issue 60 February 2015

A tiger cap in the Ashmolean’s collection - Sarah Mitchell The great textile-collecting boom - Nick Fielding Mongolian hats - Agnes Upshall New textile displays in the Ashmolean - Sue Stanton Batik workshop at the Ashmolean14 - Sue Richardson Show-and-tell, 24 January 2015 - Agnes Upshall Phyllis Nye - Ruth Barnes

Issue 59 October 2014

Issue 59 October 2014

From ‘temple hanging’ to ‘tapestry’ – what’s in a name? - Hiroko T. McDermott A family collection of textiles in Toraja, Indonesia - Hywel Coleman Textile-hunting in Kyoto - Aimée Payton Chinese textiles at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge - Agnes Upshall Visit to the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, 30 July 2014 - Fiona Sutcliffe Tiger costume at the Ashomolean; further thoughts - Rachel Silberstein

Issue 58 June 2014

Issue 58 June 2014

Revisiting Javanese batik - Fiona Kerlogue Talismanic clothing, an Islamic tradition - Alain Epelboin and Constant Hamès Balancing popular expectations and commercial practicalities to provide sustainable employment: Panchachuli Women Weavers - Olive Rowell Letter from America - Ruth Barnes Embroidered Japanese screens - Clare Pollard Jackets from South Sumatra - Felicity Wood Book Review: Shamanic Regalia in the Far North by Patricia Rieff Anawalt reviewed by Nick Fielding

Issue 57 February 2014

Issue 57 February 2014

Recovering the lost woven treasures of Taiwan’s indigenous people - Tsai Yushan Talismanic clothing, an Islamic tradition - Alain Epelboin + Constant Hamès Return to Lamalera - Sue Richardson Recovering Lost Woven Treasures: Translation and Transformation by Tsai Yushan reviewed by Pamela Cross; Plaited Arts from the Borneo Rainforest, edited by Bernard Sellato reviewed by Pamela Cross; South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection, Norwich reviewed by Agnes Upshall

Issue 56 October 2013

Issue 56 October 2013

Unlocking the Beattie Archive - Suriyah Bi The introduction of synthetic dyes into 19th-century Persian carpets - Dorothy Armstrong The woollen skirt with tapestry band from Sampula, Xinjiang, China - Yu Ying Review: Khans, Nomads and Needlework: Suzanis and Embroideries of Central Asia by Russell S. Fling Reviews: A Little Known Chinese Folk A rt: Zhen X ian Bao by Ruth Smith & Gina Corrigan reviewed by Nick Fielding; Muzium Tekstil Negara reviewed by Jasleen Kandhari; Report: Indonesian textil

Issue 55 June 2012

Issue 55 June 2012

A message from Aimée Payton, OATG Chair Outgoing editor Nick Fielding bids farewell to Asian Textiles New OATG blog Tradition and Continuity - Adline A. Ghani The World Jewellery Museum, Seoul, South Korea - Jasleen Kandhari Other Asian Textile Events Reviews: A Little Known Chinese Folk Art: Zhen Xian Bao by Ruth Smith & Gina Corrigan reviewed by Nick Fielding; Muzium Tekstil Negara reviewed by Jasleen Kandhari; Report: Indian Textiles study day

Issue 54 February 2013

Issue 54 February 2013

Notice of Extraodinary General Meeting Making sense of textile family trees - Chris Buckley Textiles as cultural ambassadors from Meiji Japan - Jasleen Kandhari Unsung heroes of Javanese batik - Ian Reed and Greg Roberts Meetings: Culture and craftsmanship in mediaeval Egypt - Jacqueline Hyman

Issue 53 October 2012

Issue 53 October 2012

News: Antique Rug and Textile Art Fair Returns to London; Websites and blogs that specialise in Asian textiles The mystery of roba de llengues - the ikat fabric produced on a Mediterranean island - Nick Fielding Uncovering Bradford's textile links to India - Nima Poovaya-Smith Children's Kimonos in Paris - Marion Maule Book Reviews: Qaraqalpaqs of the Aral Delta by David and Sue Richardson; World Textiles: A Sourcebook, The British Museum

Issue 52 June 2012

Issue 52 June 2012

Photos from China; Woven treasures + Ottoman gardens exhibition at Textile Museum, Washington; Kabuki theatre costumes, exhibition at Pierre Bergé-Yves St-Laurent Foundation, Paris Livestock horn motifs in textiles of Central Asian Qaraqalpaqs- David + Sue Richardson Passing on textile traditions within the family (Kazakhs of Western Mongolia) -Anna Portisch Kuchi nomads of Afghanistan- Azra Nafees Exhibitions + Talks: Chinese silks in Oxford, Ming Wilson; British Museum’s Hajj exhibition

Issue 51 February 2012

Issue 51 February 2012

News: Welcome to new Membership Secretary; Urgent need for a new OATG treasurer; Mystery Hat - Can you help? Kabuki Costume on show in Paris; ORTS - New award for young writers on textiles Krishna Riboud: One of the truly great collectors - Aurélie Samuel The Kazakhs of Western Mongolia - Anna Portisch Religious paintings on cloth in Ahmedabad’s Calico Museum - John Sharp Events: 2011 - OATG hosts The Textile Society’s visit to the Pitt Rivers Museum; Forthcoming Events in UK and International

Issue 50 October 2011

Issue 50 October 2011

5,900-year-old woven skirt excavated in Armenian cave Magnificent collection of the Esterhazys New technique discovered for dating silk Chikan embroidery: Transforming cotton into yards of magic - Azra Nafees Afghan rug trade unravels - Abdul Latif Sahak Textiles along the Silk Road: The end of the journey - the islands of South East Asia - Susanna Reece Meetings: An away-day to the Horniman Museum - Felicity Wood Meetings: Changing fashions for abayas in Qatar - Anne O’Dwyer

Issue 49 June 2011

Issue 49 June 2011

The Royal weaves of Malaysia - Jasleen Kandhari Chunri—Tie and dye from Pakistan - Azra Nafees Turkmen weavers in Afghanistan - Aria Mobasher Power dressing in Imperial China - Susanna Reece The Kyrgyz in photographs - Nick Fielding

Issue 48 February 2011

Issue 48 February 2011

Musée Guimet honours a great collector: Children's garments in Krishna Riboud Collection - Aurélie Samuel New storage and study rooms at the Ash - Alessandra Cereda and Sigolène Loizeau The tapestry that went to China and back - Nick Fielding The art of Baluchistan's embroidery - Azra Nafees The master carpet weavers of Kashmir - Richard Harris Book reviews - Embroidery of The Ahirs of Kutch, Shrujan Trust; Colours of the Oasis, Central Asian Ikats, Sumru Belger Krody (Ed)

Issue 47 October 2010

Issue 47 October 2010

Ajraks, printed textiles, the pride of Sindh- Azra Nafees Merging styles in Chinese women's dress- Pauline Le Moigne Ottomans, Safavids + Qajars- Susanna Reece Meetings and visits: Indian influences on dyes + textiles of Thomas + Elizabeth Wardle; Haslemere's remarkable handicraft museum Book Reviews - Textiles of the Islamic World, Gillow; British Asian Style: Fashion & Textiles/Past and Present, Breward, Crang & Crill; Textiles of Banaras, Lari

Issue 46 June 2010

Issue 46 June 2010

Asian Textiles back issues now fully searchable- Pamela Cross Javanese Batik awarded UNESCO world heritage status- Lesley Pullen Artisan traditions of Swat Valley- Azra Nafees Of Questions + Raised Eyebrows: Piercing the Feminine Veil- Vernon Kedit Meandering along Silk Road- Susannah Reece Visits: Grand welcome to Ashmolean textile gallery and farewell to our former chairman, Dr Ruth Barnes; Researching Stories + Dance in Bali; The Newberry Collection of Eastern and Middle Eastern Embroideries

Issue 45 February 2010

Issue 45 February 2010

News - Asian Textiles magazine now available online in colour News - The new Ashmolean comes to life Understanding the carpets of Afghanistan - Azra Nafees Visiting the land of ‘golden silk’ - Jenny Spancake The magic of Bhutanese weavings - Aurélie Samuel Reports on OATG meetings and visits: Absorbing talk on Chinese cloud collars, Exploring an eclectic Oxford collection Book review: A Carpet Ride to Khiva, Christopher Aslan Alexander; Textiles from the Balkans, Diane Waller

Issue 44 October 2009

Issue 44 October 2009

The unknown Kyrgyz textile museum - Nick Fielding Meeting reports An Insight into Pashtun clothing - Azra Nafees Central Asia's enigmatic Karakalpaks - the kiymeshek - David and Sue Richardson 'Following in Peter Fleming's footsteps' - a journey through Western China - Susanna Reece Books: Tivaivai: The Social Fabric of the Cook Islands, Andrea Eimke and Susanne Kichler; Felt, Willow G Mullins

Issue 43 June 2009

Issue 43 June 2009

An offer I couldn't refuse- Ruth Barnes Celebrating great Victorian silk pioneer Textile Museum director resigns Abegg-Stiftung Foundation closes for major renovation Dutch launch for Batak textile book- Pamela Cross Exhibition: Traditional weaving looms in Pakistan- Nick Fielding Exhibition: A unique interpretation of life in the mountain valleys of Chitral- Nick Fielding Rare textile from Indonesian islands- Anne-Solène Rolland Nagaland: Coming to terms with modernity- Lesley Pullen

Issue 42 February 2009

Issue 42 February 2009

In her own words: OATG's new chairman - Aimée Payton Where next for www.oat.org.uk? - Pamela Cross Exhibitions: The Hajji Babas on display in Washington Bhutan: The last Shangri-La - Susanna Reece Textile traditions of Sumatra, Part 2 - David and Sue Richardson A visit of the museums of Paris - OATG Paris trip - Barbara Isaac, Janice Price, Kay Stanisland Woven Dreams in the hills of Thailand - Lamorna Cheesman Buddhist textiles from Chinese Turkestan - OATG visits to the V&A - Peter Corrigan

Issue 41 October 2008

Issue 41 October 2008

Patricia Lesley Baker 1942-2008 More of Sheila Paine's textiles go under hammer Weaving + beading from Taiwan's tribes- Nicolas Grevot Law firm that started a textile museum, Tilleke & Gibbins textile collection- Linda McIntosh Himalayan textiles from Great Gamer, R M Bailey- Emma Martin Region of extraordinary diversity, Textiles from Bali + Nusa Tenggara -Hywel Coleman Textile traditions of Sumatra, Part 1- David + Sue Richardson Preserving Indonesia's textile tradition- Mariah Waworuntu

Issue 40 June 2008

Issue 40 June 2008

Stunning Indian chintz at Ashmolean- Ruth Barnes Recreating India's Mughal silks- Francesca Galloway Message from OATG chairman, Dr Ruth Barnes Museum expansion delayed until late 2009 Update: TCC battles for its survival Online exhibition of Filipino textiles Chireh Hunting cloths from Afghanistan - Nick Fielding Prized suzanis from Burrell Collection -Noorah al-Gailani Symbolic Chinese textiles at Horniman- Fiona Kerlogue Afghan rugs that speak for themselves- Max Allen Pip Rau's ikats at V&A

Issue 39 February 2008

Issue 39 February 2008

World-renowned Textile Conservation Centre faces closure- Nick Fielding Central Asian Ikats at V&A from Rau Collection- Ruby Clark Consigned to saleroom without benefit of guaranteed visiting rights- Sheila Paine Unravelling mysteries of Karakalpaks- David + Sue Richardson My mother's treasured textiles- Phyllis Nye Revealing beauty + splendour of Arabian costume Ashmolean's new textile gallery: Phoenix of splendour + brilliance- Ruth Barnes Falling in love with indigo: Aimée Payton

Issue 38 October 2007

Issue 38 October 2007

Phyllis Nye, editor, retires- Ruth Barnes New editor- Nick Fielding Remarkable find in 2500-year old Chinese tomb; Arts + Ethnology Centre opens in Luang Prabang; Jun Tomita, master of Japanese art of kasuri (ikat) weaving; Washington's Textile Museum set for major expansion. Ceremonial coverlets from Japan: Japanese Fukusa textiles from Meiji Period- Hiroko McDermott Japanese wrapping textiles at Horniman- Fiona Kerlogue Cataloguing Iranian Qajar textile collection at the V&A- Jennifer Wearden

Issue 37 June 2007

Issue 37 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 A New Book on Kyrgyzstan - Nicholas Fielding Exhibitions: Two Indigo Shows - Jenny Balfour-Paul; Surprising Finds at the British Library - Phyllis Nye

Issue 36 February 2007

Issue 36 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 Exhibiton: Indigo: A Blue to Dye For

Issue 35 October 2006

Issue 35 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 Exhibition: Khmer Silks at the Horniman Museum

Issue 34 June 2006

Issue 34 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 Letter to the Editor: Patterns and Culture Network Book review - Fraser, David W. & Barbara G., Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from Myanmar, India and Bangladesh Faraway Festival Costumes of the Minorities of Ghuizou Province, South West China travelling exhibition within the Hampshire County Council Museums Service

Issue 33 February 2006

Issue 33 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 Book reviews - King, Brenda M., Silk and Empire; Hann, M.A. & Thomas, B.G. Patterns or Culture: Decorative Weaving Techniques Exhibition: Treasured Textiles: Cloth and Clothing Around the World at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Issue 32 October 2005

Issue 32 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 Book reviews - Kuchler, Susanne and Were, Graeme: Pacific Pattern

Issue 31 June 2005

Issue 31 June 2005

Asian Felt in Collections of Horniman Museum - Kirsten Halliday Significance of Silk: Indian Silk and its Connexions with English Silk Industry - Brenda King A Fashion for Ethics: Some Thoughts on "Ethical" Consumerism +Fashion - Emma Dick The Thai Textile Society Letter - Textile Enthusiasts in Singapore Book Reviews - Smith: Miao Embroidery from South West China: Textiles from The Gina Corrigan Collection Exhibition - Nonya Kebaya at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore

Issue 30 February 2005

Issue 30 February 2005

New Resource for Central Asian Textiles: Stein Collections at V&A- Verity Wilson Lace Work in Sri Lanka- Norrie Peel Josephine Kane Collection of Dresses from the Middle East- Josephine Kane Reflections on "Through the Surface"- Lesley Miller Obituary- Alison Smith Book Reviews - Cheesman: Lao-Tai Textiles: The Textiles of Xam Nuea and Muang Phuan; Kerlogue: Batik: Design, Style & History; Kerlogue: Arts of Southeast Asia Patterns of Culture: Techniques of Decoration + Coloration at ULITA

Issue 29 June 2004

Issue 29 June 2004

Japanese Textiles in British Museum- A Hecht Constance Howard Resource + Research Centre in Textiles at Goldsmith College- M Hall-Townley Savunese Weaving Workshop at Horniman Museum- F Sutcliffe Borneo Textiles in Horniman Museum Book Reviews- Green:Traditional Textiles of Cambodia; Barnes: Eastern Indonesia in the C 20th: Tracing Ernst Vatter Collection; Puranananda: South-East Asian Textiles: A Symposium; Stone, Tribal and Village Rugs Encounters: Meeting of Asia and Europe, 1500-1800, V&A

Issue 28 June 2004

Issue 28 June 2004

Borneo Textile Collections in the UK - Traude Gavin Thirty-five Years of Textiles Studies in Eastern Indonesia: A Personal View - Ruth Barnes Conservation of Sari to Sarong at the National Gallery of Australia - Debbie Ward Textile Traces: The Lloyd Cotsen Exhibition Private View - Sheila Allen Book Reviews - Rodrick, Takadai: Japanese Braid Making; Vainker, Chinese Silk: A Cultural History; Hann, Dragons, Unicorns and Phoenixes Woven Blossoms: Savu Exhibition at Horniman Museum - Fiona Kerlogue

Issue 27 February 2004

Issue 27 February 2004

Imported Peacocks: Asian textiles + the National Trust - Lucinda Porten University of Leeds International Textile Archive (ULITA) - Michael Hann & PWG Lawson Digitisation Project of Stein Textiles in the British Museum - Cecilia Braghin Living and Dying at the British Museum - Sarah Posey Art Deco Chinese Carpet for the V&A - Verity Wilson Sutra: A Conference on Trade Textiles of the Indian Sub-Continent - Monisha Ahmed Book Review: Textiles from Burma: Featuring the James Henry Green Collection

Issue 26 October 2003

Issue 26 October 2003

Textiles in the Economic Botany Collections, Kew - Janette Gibson, Alison Lister The Sari: A Survey - Pinal Martiar Syal, Ashwini Vaidya-Gupte Conference Report - Carpets and Textiles in the Iranian World, c1400-1700 - Phyllis Nye Letters - Beattie Archive Online; Tribal Textiles Website Book Reviews - Goswany, Patkas in the Calico Museum; Bohmer, Natural Dyes and Textiles Exhibition - Through the Surface - Lesley Millar

Issue 25 June 2003

Issue 25 June 2003

Asian Textiles in Bankfield Museum- Jane Hill Textile Traditions of Gujarat: Blockprinting + Dyeing of The Khatris of Kachchh- Eiluned Edwards Feast of Textiles at New Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore- Patricia Moncrieff Conservation Placement, Heritage Conservation Centre, Singapore- Lynn McClean Collaborating Textile Artists from Britian + Japan- Lianne Jarrett Splendid Acquisition by the Textile Museum- Sumru Belger Krody Thomas Wardle in India- Alison Strauss Puppet Worlds-Carol Quarini

Issue 24 February 2003

Issue 24 February 2003

Asian Textiles in the Horniman Museum - Fiona Kerlogue Lakai Uzbek Embroideries from Afghanistan - Sarah Posey Yurts and Their Textile Furnishings - Stephanie Bunn A Closer Look at Turban Covers, Wrapping Cloths and Head-Squares in Ottoman Turkey - Marianne Ellis Obituary - Marlene Hinshelwood Book Review - N.C. Rousmaniere, Kazari: Decoration and Display in Japan, 16th to 19th Centuries Exhibition - An Englishman's Travels in Egypt - Edward Laine in Cairo (1825-35) - Ruth Barnes

Issue 23 October 2002

Issue 23 October 2002

The Textile Cabinet in the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam - Linda Hanssen Collecting Textiles in Kachin State, Burma - Lisa Maddigan A Quest for Contemporary Felts in Anatolia - Selcuk Gurisik Felt Textiles at the British Museum - Sarah Posey Letter - Deliberately Concealed Garments Obituary - Valérie Bérinstain Exhibition - The Beauty of Arab Costume: A Personal Collection Over Thirty Years

Issue 22 June 2002

Issue 22 June 2002

Asian Textiles in the Bagshaw Museum, Yorkshire - Katina Bill An Ottoman Velvet and Other Goodies - Ruth Barnes Ainu Textiles at the National Museums of Scotland - photos to accompany article in Newsletter 21. Feb 2002 Textile Matters: The Pasold Conference in Winchester - Ruth Barnes The Pasold Research Fund - Editor Letters - Carpet Studies in Oxford; Weaving Using Salvaged Threads Book Review - Conway, Thai Textiles The Forbidden City: Treasures of an Emperor - Hannah Dolby & Jane Wilkinson

Issue 21 February 2002

Issue 21 February 2002

Ainu Textiles at the National Museums of Scotland - Jane Wilkinson Textiles and Japanese Armour - Ian Bottomley Japanese Textiles in Festivals and Celebrations - Marion Maude Letters - The Lloyd Cotsen Textile Documentation Project Exhibition - Woven Dramas - Costumes for the 'No' Theatre by Yamaguchi Yasujiro - Anna Jackson

Issue 20 October 2001

Issue 20 October 2001

Chinese Textiles in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin - Clare Pollard The Evolution of A Thesaurus of Textile Arts Terminology: the Lloyd Cotsen Textile Documentation Project at the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. - Sonja Nielsen Turkish Tents - Phyillis Nye In the Shadow of Scheherazade: The Influence of Orientalism and Exoticism on Western Dress - Freda Chapman

Issue 19 June 2001

Issue 19 June 2001

Asian Textiles in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery - Zelina Garland The Tent of the Tipu Sultan, Powis Castle - Sara Burdett Introducing Ply Split Braiding - Julie Hedges The Gujarat Earthquake Appeal Developments following the death of Krishna Riboud Book Reviews - Ellis, Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt; Corrigan, Miao Textiles from China; Paine, Embroiderey from India and Pakistan; Hecht, The Art of the Loom A Stitch in Time: Medieval Embroideries from Egypt - Marianne Ellis

Issue 18 February 2001

Issue 18 February 2001

Asian Textiles at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester - Frances Pritchard A Gift with a Surprise - Ruth Barnes Adventures in Search of a Cord - Karen Malik Braids and Tassels - Jennie Parry Obituary - Krishna Ribould Letter - Textile Techniques in Metal Exhibition - Tutankhamun's Wardrobe

Issue 17 October 2000

Issue 17 October 2000

Carpet Studies in Oxford - Jon Thompson Embroidered Roundels from Egypt - Marianne Ellis Textile Arts for Immigrant Women in Oxford - Clare Anderson In the Shadow of Scheherazade - Editor Obituary - George Wood Letter - Kosraen and Micronesian Textiles Exhibition: Ikat Textiles of Asia - Ruth Barnes

Issue 16 June 2000

Issue 16 June 2000

Middle Eastern Textiles and Dress in the National Museums of Scotland - Jennifer Scarce The Kashmir Connection: A Series of Questions - Valerie Reilly The Biography of Objects: Warren Hastings' Socks and Gloves in the Ashmolean Museum - Ruth Barnes Letters - Central Asian Embroidered ikat coat; Indigo; Indian textile sample books Exhibition: Shamiana - The Mughal Tent

Issue 15 February 2000

Issue 15 February 2000

The Newberry Collection of Embroideries from the Middle East at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester - Frances Pritchard Naga Textiles To-day - Vibha Joshi One Man's Passion - Lyn Stevens Wall Textile and Precious: A Birthday Party in Basel, Switzerland - Ruth Barnes Letter - Textiles and Dress Book Review - Gillow & Sentance, World Textiles: A Visual Guide to Tradition and Techniques Exhibition: New Directions in Felt - Gill Farlam

Issue 14 October 1999

Issue 14 October 1999

Turkmen collections at the British Museum - Sarah Posey Samurai Armour Braids - Jacqui Carey The Re-Display of a Suit of Japanese Armour in the Ashmolean Museum - Susan M Stanton The Conservation and Mounting of a Jinbaori, c.1700-1900, in the V&A Museum - Marion Kite and Audrey Hill Letters - Chinese shoes in the Tradescant Collections; Does dress demean the status of embroidery? Obiturary - Jeanne Bromfield Exhibition: Central Asian Embroideries at the Whitworth Art Gallery - Frances Pritchard

Issue 13 June 1999

Issue 13 June 1999

South Asian Costume and Textiles in the National Museums of Scotland - Lyn Stevens Wall How a Collection of Miao Costumes came to the British Museum - Gina Corrigan Dress of the Islamic World - Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood Obituaries - Angela Lodge, Montse Stanley Exhibition - The Uncut Cloth - Valerie Reilly PS to Letter in Newsletter 12 - Oblique interlaced braids Urgently Wanted - Programme Secretary

Issue 12 February 1999

Issue 12 February 1999

Egyptian Textiles from Late Antiquity in the Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum - Helen Whitehouse Asian Shoes in the Tradescant Collection - Phyllis Nye New Textiles for the Ashmolean - Ruth Barnes Letter - Information wanted on Asian braids OATG Miscellany New Textile Research Centre for the Netherlands Exhibition: Chinese Silks in the Ashmolean Museum - Shelagh Vainker

Issue 11 October 1998

Issue 11 October 1998

Oriental Carpets in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Jennifer Wearden Shawls in India and Norwich: The Connection - Pamela Clabburn Asian Art in London - Sue Bond Public Relations Exhibitions: Minakar: Spun Gold and Woven Enamel - Rahul Jain Books: Woven Cargoes: Indian Textiles in the East - John Guy

Issue 10 June 1998

Issue 10 June 1998

Costume and Textiles from East Asia at the National Museum of Scotland - Jane Wilkinson The Conservation of an Eighteenth Century Japanes No Robe - Susan Stanton Handmade in India: Crafts in Transition, A Crafts Council Exhibition - Phyllis Nye

Issue 9 February 1998

Issue 9 February 1998

Textiles in the Department of Eastern Art at the Ashmolean Museum - Ruth Barnes Knitting - An Asian Invention? - Montse Stanley Caring for Textiles - Lorraine Rostant Letter - Singapore Group Exhibition: Braving the Elements: Conserving Plant Fibre Clothing from Around the World - Conservation Department, Pitt Rivers Museum Accommodation

Issue 8 October 1997

Issue 8 October 1997

The Textile Collection of the Far-Eastern Deaprtment at the Victoria and Albert Museum - Verity Wilson Museums in Budapest - Lorraine Rostant Thank you for your Contributions Letter - Fibre textiles ulap doyo of Borneo Exhibitions - Colours of the Indus: Costume and Textiles of Pakistan - Rosemary Crill

Issue 7 June 1997

Issue 7 June 1997

Asian Textiles at the Pitt Rivers Museum - Julia Nicholson Sponsorship for Pitt Rivers Museum: Textile Conservation, an Appeal From China to Byzantium: Early Middle Age Silks from the Hermitage in St Petersburg, An Exhibition at the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum - Deryn O'Connor Letters - tablet-woven borders to coats in the Shaw Collection Loop Weaves in 19th Century Kashgar - Anne Dyer Out of Isolation: Immigrant Asian Women and Embroidery - Masooda Mazi, Eleanor Viegas Obitury - Shireen Akbar

Issue 6 February 1997

Issue 6 February 1997

Indian and South-East Asian Textiles in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Rosemary Crill World Textiles Centre for the British Museum - BM Press Office Exhibition - Striking Tents: Central Asian Nomad Felts from Kyrgyzstan - Sarah Posey

Issue 5 November 1996

Issue 5 November 1996

Asian Embroideries - Phyllis Nye New Museums and Galleries - Phyllis Nye Letters - Indian Textile Exhibition in New South Wales; Accommodation Offered in Edinburgh Diary Asian Arts Course Other Societies and Organizations

Issue 4 June 1996

Issue 4 June 1996

The First Year - Phyllis Nye Textile Study Tour of India Threatened Museum Closure - Freda Chapman Precious Cargo - Trade Winds to Cathay - Jennifer Scarce Summer Schools News from the V&A Textiles of the Lower Mekong - Anne Baker Letter - Beads Other Societies and Organizations

Issue 3 February 1996

Issue 3 February 1996

Radiocarbon-14 Dates for Indian Trade Textiles - Ruth Barnes The Newberry Embroideries in the Ashmolean Museum - Anna Muthesius Embroideries of the Ottoman Empire - Marianne Ellis Islamic Conference at the Abegg-Stiftung Exhibitions Colongne Museum Reopens New Gallery of Central Asian Textiles

Issue 2 October 1995

Issue 2 October 1995

Our Inauguration - Felicity Wood More about those Embroideries from Islamic Journeys Chinese Textiles at the V&A News Round-up Research Query Lectures and Events Exhibitions Publications

Issue 1 June 1995

Issue 1 June 1995

An Invitation to join O.A.T.G. Forthcoming Events in Oxford News from Elsewhere - Exhibitions News from Elsewhere - Lecture New Gallery for Edinburgh

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