Notes on Robert Pinner
I
just heard from Jim Allen that Robert Pinner has died. He has lived an
exceptional life and I will expand this page as I go along.
JBOC 11/20/2004
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Robert Pinner is one of the great men in the
study of Oriental Carpets. His list of accomplishments only hints at
the contribution he has made.
- Pinner is a globetrotting rug expert, author,
and lecturer. He has been involved in adding much to the rug world
including founding Hali, OCTS, and ICOC. He has expertise in a wide
range of areas including Turkmen, and early carpets. Robert is truly
both a scholar and a gentleman.
- A consultant and expert on metal
surface treatments.
- Former joint Managing Editor.
- Consultant Editors, Hali The International
Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art.
- I believe it was Robert Pinner
who quipped the Bon Mot "better weavers weave better rugs".
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- International Conference on Oriental Carpets
- Winner of The
Joseph V. McMullan Award
- Robert
Pinner (picture)
- Robert
Pinner, Irene Good, John Wertime, and Jurg Rageth. (picture)
- Gretchen
Ellis with Danny Shaffer while Robert Pinner looks on. (picture)
- Irene
Good and Jurg Rageth listen while Robert Pinner comments at Show and
Tell.(picture)
- Hali
Publications Ltd.
- Eiland,
Murray L Jr. and Pinner Robert. Oriental Carpets and Textile Studies.
Volume IV
- Pinner,
Robert. and Denny, Walter. OCTS Vol. 3 N0. 2
- S. Wernick, R. Pinner, P. G. Shabby. The Surface
Treatment and Finishing of Aluminum and Its Alloys. 5th Edition Sam
Intl. 1987.
- "Nancy prefers gin: an anthology of published
thoughts and comments on metal finishing".
- Erdmann,
Kurt. Translated by Robert Pinner: The History of the Early
Turkish Carpet. London: 1977.
- "Turkoman Roundtable", Chicago: Panelist ACOR II, 1996
- "Turkmen Ensis" Santa Monica: ACOR
3, 1996.
- "Turkmen Pieces with Keene Designs". Washington DC:
ICOC 1980.
- "Tekke Pile Rugs". Washington DC: ICOC 1980.
- Pinner, R. and M. Franses ed.: Turkoman Studies I ;
London: 1980.
- Pinner, R. & Denny, W. B. Oriental Carpet and
Textile Studies II. 1986,
- Pinner, R. & Denny, W. D. Oriental Carpet and
Textile Studies III, PART I. 1987,
- Pinner, Robert and W. Denny: Oriental Carpet and
Textile Studies III, Part II ; London: 1989.
- Pinner, Robert: The Rickmers Collection: Turkoman
Rugs ; Berlin: 1993.
- Franses, Michael, and Robert Pinner. "Large Medallion
Suzan from Southwest Uzbekistani." Hali 1, no. 2 (1978), pp. 128-133.
- King, Donald, Robert Pinner and Michael Franses 1981
Eastern Mediterranean Carpets in the Victoria & Albert Museum,
Hali, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 36 - 52. London.
- Franses, Michael and Robert Pinner 1982 Chinese
Carpets in the Victoria & Albert Museum: The Chinese Carpet
Collection, Hali 5/2, pp. 142 - 48.
- Franses, Michael and Pinner, Robert
1980 Caucasian Carpets in the Victoria and Albert Museum: The Caucasian
Collection, Hali 3/2, pp. 96 - 115.
- Franses, Michael , Pinner, Robert. "Mughal Floral
Lattice Carpet" In "The Art of the Mughal Carpet." Hali 4, no. 3 (1983)
p. 232 - 33, 238.
- Cited in:
Oriental Rugs: Mughal Floral Lattice Carpet
- Pinner, Robert 1980 Turkoman Rugs in the Victoria and
Albert Museum, Hali, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 301-315.
- Pinner, Robert 1981 The Beshir Carpets of the Bukhara
Emirate: a Review, Hali, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 294-304.
- Pinner, Robert 1991 Salor Ensis, Hali, vol. 13, no.
6, pp. 86-87.
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The two most recent publication
of Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies, or OCTS, are Volume V, Part 1
(containing the papers delivered at the 8th ICOC in Philadelphia in
1996) and Volume V, part 2 (an expansion of the special section on
Salting carpets held at the Philadelphia conference).
Both were edited by Murray L. Eiland, Jr. and Robert Pinner with the
assistance of the Publications Committee (Peter Andrews, John Mills,
Julia Bailey and Danny Shaffer). They were published by ICOC at
Danville, California, 1999.
Swan on Pinner
Wendel
R. Swan has a long association with
Robert Pinner and it was in Wendel's home that I first met Pinner.
Dear Friends,
With a sense of deep personal loss, I must report that Robert Pinner
passed away peacefully at his home in Twickenham last night.
As the founder of ICOC, the co-founder of Hali and as a tireless energy
behind both until just recently, his influence on the world of carpets
and textiles has been enormous. Those of us who worked with him became
infected by his enthusiasm and benefited from his generosity. We also
endured, from time to time, the wrath of his extraordinarily keen mind.
That was his nature. That is why we loved him. We have lost a dear
friend.
Wendel Swan
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Iain Stewart
Iain posted this to his very
popular discussion group rug-fanatics
Hallo Rug Fanatics -
I was very sorry to hear via Barry O'Connell of the death today of
Robert Pinner, who over the past forty years contributed so much to the
Oriental carpet world.
He was co-founder (with Michael Franses) of Hali magazine, and a
driving force behind the annual International Oriental Carpet Conference
(IOCC). A fervent Turkomaniac, he wrote (also with Michael Franses) the crucial
Turkoman Studies I, and with his late wife Leslie Pinner compiled one
of the most significant private collections of Turkoman rugs, which was very
recently sold with tremendous success by Rippon Boswell Wiesbaden.
There is an overview of his innumerable achievements, plus a number of
photographs, by Barry O'Connell at http://www.spongobongo.com/cz9998.htm
Robert Pinner will be greatly missed by everyone in the Oriental rug
community, while his name and work will be remembered for as long as people collect and research the Oriental rugs he loved so passionately.
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Best regards
Iain Stewart
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Dennis R Dodds
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
With great sadness, I regret that I must tell you of the passing of
Robert Pinner, founder of ICOC and pioneer in a world that has brought
much delight and and meaning to our lives. According to Penny Oakley,
who just telephoned me from London with this news, Robert died
peacefully last night at his home in Twickenham.
Dennis Dodds
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For Further Reading:
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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