Jim Allen is a rug collector from Chattanooga
Tennessee. Jim has a far reaching mind and a vast
knowledge of rugs. He is certainly one of the
country's more dynamic "Turkomaniacs".
"Design and Illusion", Hali #55
February 1991, page 98.
"Turkoman Roundtable", Chicago:
Panelist ACOR II, 1996
Jim Allen
"Perspective in Ancient Turkoman
weavings". Philadelphia: ICOC 1996.
Ghereh the Oriental Rug Magazine has informed me
that they will be publishing an article on the
oldest Tekke weaving known in the world today
which of course is the Allen Tekke Juval circa
1656.