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Mysteries
of the Maghreb:
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November 2 - January 26, 1997 |
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curated by Brooke Pickering in cooperation with the 8th International
Conference on Oriental Carpets, October 31 - November 6. |
Events held in conjunction with the exhibition.
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| Marriage
Veil, Tunisia Silk, 18th Century Musée de l'Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
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Face
Veil, Tunisia Silk, late 19th Century Musée de l'Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris |
Embroidered
Sash/Panel, Algeria Silk and cotton, c. 1800 Allentown Art Museum Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leigh A. Marsh |
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| Flatwoven
Rug, Beni M'Tir tribe, Morocco Wool and cotton, mid 20th Century Pickering/Yohe Collection |
Pile
Rug, Rehamna tribe, Morocco Goat hair and wool, 2nd quarter, 20th Century Pickering/Yohe Collection |
Flatwoven
Rug/Bag, Ait Oaouzguite tribe, Morocco Wool, Mid 20th Century Pickering/Yohe Collection |
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| Saddle
Cover, Zemmour tribe, Morocco Wook, cotton and silk, early 20th Century Pickering/Yohe Collection |
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| Russell Pickering Chairman of the Near Eastern Art Research Center Inc., Washington, presents the Joseph V. McMullen Award for Scholarship and Stewardship in Islamic Textiles to Dennis Dodds, President of the Organizing Committee of the Philadelphia Eighth International Conference on Oriental Carpets, Inc. | University Provost Stanley Chodorow, with Mohamed Benaissa Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United States. |
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| Gallery Director Dilys Winegrad with Guest Curator Brooke Pickering of New York City. | Collector Henri Crouzet discusses embroideries loaned by the museum of the Institut du Monde Arabe with Jo'lle LeMaistre, the Paris museum's textile curator. |
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| Looking at a Moroccan Beni Motir rug, which looks like a painting by Paul Klee. | His Excellency Ambassador Mohamed Benaissa. |