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.
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.
--
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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