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Notes on James
C. Allen
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The James C. Allen Azeri
Gendge Rug
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I tend to think of James C. Allen as only one
of the truly great men of Turkmen
collecting and scholarship. Jim or JC as he is
sometime called is more than just a Turkmen
specialist. His knowledge and insight into the
range and breadth of oriental rugs is seldom
equaled Jim has been a guest of the
Turkmanbashii, the supreme ruler of Turkmenistan
where he delivered a paper to the "Symposium
on Cultural Affairs Concerning Classical
Culture" in Askhabad, Turkmenistan, in
October of 2000. Jim and his collection have been
featured in Ghereh
the Oriental Rug Magazine and Hali. He has also
been a speaker at Colorado Textile Group, ACOR,
and ICOC.
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The oldest known Tekke
Juval in the world.
| The oldest known Tekke Juval, Circa 1656
The Allen Tekke Juval was the subject of
a research project involving the Metropolitan
Museum of Art Conservation department and the
University of Arizona, Tucson. This juval was
determined to be the oldest Tekke Juval known in
the world.
This Juval has
been the subject of articles in Ghereh the
Oriental Rug Magazine and Hali.
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The Allen Late
18th Century Eagle Gull Torba
A Connoisseurs
take on 6 gull Torbas
Tomorrow; still
unfinished
Yesterday; as unfinished as today
Their endpoint's an indefinite asymptote
Where participants in super-structures
Languish qua-surreal for an eternity
Where the fastest pathway between two locations
Constantly shifts to the left and right in a
Revolving evolving alignment
Where the definition of quality sits in the openness of
time
Expressing its individuality against the constantly
Pounding surf of many obscene realities.
Has consciousness done any of you any good down there?
On the surface of electric dynamo's your spirits
Waft upward dreamy wisps of smoke
The next paradign shift's will propel you past surviving
Towards full participation in qualitative enhancement
Eternal emancipation; extending God's nourishment
Clarence
For Further Reading:
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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Persian
Rugs the O'Connell Guides
Tabriz
Rugs
Kashmar
Rugs
Isfahan
Rugs
Hamadan
Rugs
Mashad
Rugs
Gabbeh
Rugs
Heriz
Rugs
Ardabil
Rugs
Lylyan
Rugs
Turkmen
Rugs
Persian Rugs
Turkish Rugs
Suzani
Oriental
Rugs
Persian
Carpets
Baluch Rugs,
The Qashqai
and Qashqai Rugs
Veramin Rugs
Tribal Rugs
Khotan-Rugs
Khotan-Carpets
Kirman-Rugs
Kirman-Carpets
Antique-Rugs
Antique-Carpets
Shahsevan-Rugs
Oushak-Rugs
Mashad-Rugs
Gabbeh-Rugs
Kurdish-Rugs
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Missional
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