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Notes on Layla Diba

Layla Diba, adjunct professor of the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture
Formerly Associate curator, Islamic art, Asian Art Department, The Brooklyn Museum B.A.
Phi Beta Kappa, Wellesley College
M.A., Ph.D., Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. 1994
Visiting Faculty at the Bard School.
Diba, Layla (ED.) Royal Persian Paintings The Qajar Epoch 1785 - 1925. Co-ed. Maryam Ekhtiar. 1998. essays by B.W. Robinson. London : I.B. Tauris ; Brooklyn, NY : In association with Brooklyn Museum of Art : 1998
Diba, Layla Clothing. In the Safavid and Qajar Periods, Encyclopedia Iranica, ed. Ehsan Yarshater, v.5, pp.785-808. Mazda Publishers, Costa Mesa CA. 1992
Bier, C. Diba, Layla (contributor) Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart, Textile Arts of Safavid and Qajar Iran. Washington: Textile Museum 1987
Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart: Textile Arts of Safavid and Qajar Iran, l6th-l9th Centuries Edited by Carol Bier. Washington, D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1987. xvi, 336 p.A Review by Michael Craig Hillmann
Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch, 1785-1925
by Layla S. Diba (Editor), Maryam Ekhtiar (Editor), B. W. Robinson (Editor),
Hardcover: 144 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.18 x 12.12 x 10.21
Publisher: I.B. Tauris ; (December 1998)
ISBN: 1860642551

Layla Diba, adjunct professor of the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, Tamar Lordkipanidze, Cultural Programs Coordinator at the OSGF, and Sharon Miles, spouse of the U.S. Ambassador in Georgia at the June 6th reception hosted by the U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission, Ms. Patricia Moller

For Further Reading:

Persian Rugs and Carpet

Turkish Rugs

Turkmen Rugs

JBOC's Notes on the Bible

Southwest Asia Time Line

Caucasian Rugs

Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.