Timbuktu to Tibet, the catalog for the New-York Historical Society exhibition Woven Splendor, celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Hajji Baba Club, the nation's oldest and most prestigious rug collecting club. Both exhibition and catalog chronicle the history of this New York-based group while examining the history of the Oriental rug in New York. Featured are more than 100 objects, many of them world-renowned, including rugs, costume and other Near Eastern/Central Asian textiles. Dr. Jon Thompson's text explores how rugs were produced and used in their countries of origin. In addition to textiles, the catalog incorporates photographs depicting Oriental rugs in the homes of club founders in the early 20th century and images revealing how such objects were originally made available through galleries and World's Fairs.

308 pages, 107 color plates, 280 color and black and white photographs.

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