HALI
The International Journal of Oriental Carpets and Textiles Die internationale Zeitschrift fur Orientteppiche und Textilien
Vol II No 2 Summer 1979 An Oguz publication/Eine Publikation der Oguz
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Contents/Inhalt Editorial/Redaktionelles............................................................... 85 2. Internationale Konferenz fur Orientteppiche, 2. Teil 2nd International Conference of Oriental Carpets, Part 2 . . . 87 Artikeln von/articles by: Louise W. Mackie, Charles Grant Ellis, Friedrich Spuhler, May H. Beattie, Walter B. Denny, Herwig Bartels, Ralph S. Yohe, Belkis Acar Jocelyn Grigg: Sasanian influence in the Silks of T’ang China............................ 121 Veronika Gervers: Weavers, Tailors and Traders......................................................... 125 A New Collection o f Medieval Islamic Textiles in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto Andrew McGall & Tom Stauffer: The Hawley Clark ‘Beshir’Prayer Rug......................................... 133 Exhibition Reviews/Ausstellungsberichte.................................... 134 Forthcoming Exhibitions/Zukiinftige Ausstellungen..................147 Book and Catalogue Reviews Buch- und Katalogbesprechungen................................................. 148 Rug Societies/Teppich-Gesellschaften......................................... 159 Short Contributions/Kurzbeitrage Alte und antike Orientteppiche aus der Sicht des Handels von Waldemar von Eisner................................................. 160 Die Rolle des Gartens in der Symbolik des orientalischen Teppichs von Herbert Ostler..................................161 An analysis o f a Sarouk Prayer Rug by Myrna Bloom...............162 Auction Reports/Auktionsberichte...............................................165 Auction Calendar/Auktionskalender............................................170 Rugs on the Market/Teppiche auf dem Markt............................ 171 Notes, Comments and Letters Notizen, Kommentare und Briefe................................................. 178 Index to Advertisers/Inserentenverzeichnis..................................180 Cover/Titelseite Wh ite ground 'C h in tam am ' prayer rug. Western Anatolia, 17/1 8th century WeiRgrundiger 'C h in tam ani'- Gebetsteppich, Westanatolien, 17/18 Jahrhundert 1.90 x 1 53m. Iparmuvbszeti Museum, Budapest Turkish Rugs in Transylvania. P./S. 148.