Meeting Announcement:

 

Tribal Bags of South Persia

 

with

 

Ann Nicholas and Richard Blumenthal

 

at

 

Pioneer Hall

1642 43rd Avenue East, Seattle

In the Madison Park neighborhood

 

 

Sunday, September 24, 2006, 7:00 PM

 

 

Ann Nicholas and Richard Blumenthal are long-time members of the New England Rug Society and recently-retired biochemists.  They have collected small South Persian tribal weavings for about eighteen years.  As their collection grew, so did their curiosity about the weavers and their nomadic life.  This led them to expand their collecting interest to include photographs of nomadic life.  Their interests in photographs and woven objects reinforce each other.  Studying the photographs provides a richer cultural context for appreciating the weavings, and studying the weavings helps imbue the photographs with life.

 

Ann Nicholas and Richard Blumenthal will start their program by showing photographs and bags from their collection, focusing on a discussion of how weavings are an indispensable part of nomadic life.  The second part of their talk will discuss the social and economic conditions that were prevalent in mid-nineteenth century Persia, and the role these conditions played in encouraging the weaving of piled saddlebags among the South Persian tribal groups.

 

 

 

Meeting Schedule:

 

7:00            Mix and mingle.  Announcements.

7:15            Ann Nicholas and Richard Blumenthal: Tribal Bags of South Persia.

8:15            Show and tell – Bring in any interesting rug or textile you’d like to share with the group – material from South Persia would be especially appropriate.

 

Please note:  This meeting is free to members, $5 at the door for guests.

 

Meeting Location and Directions:

 

Pioneer Hall is the home of the Pioneer Association of the State of Washington.  See the map below.  Parking is available on nearby streets.

 

From I-5 or 405, take 520 toward the University of Washington.  From the Eastside, exit at Lake Washington Blvd and turn left off the bridge and right into the Arboretum.  From I-5, take the first exit from 520, Montlake Blvd.. 

Go straight through the light, following the main road until you take a right into the Arboretum. 

 

Go through the Arboretum, turning left at the light, at Madison Street.  Go about a mile, and turn right on E. Blaine Street.  Go two blocks.  Pioneer Hall is straight ahead.

 

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