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Richard Rothstein Oriental Rugs  Hagop Manoyan Antique Rugs

Eagle Group Turkmen
  • Group I: 3- and 4-ply pile yarn. Asymmetrical knot open to the left. Wool weft with at least one silk weft shoot, usually dyed red. Dark red-brown field color. Primary gul is similar to Moshkova's LIX,3. (Seven carpets listed and illustrated.)
  • Group II: 2-ply pile yarn. Asymmetrical knot open to the right. Wool weft with at least one cotton (not silk) weft shoot. Medium red-brown field color. Primary gul is similar to Moshkova's LIX,6. (Eleven carpets listed; ten illustrated.)
  • Group III: 3-ply pile yarn. Asymmetrical knot open to the left. Wool weft; may or may not have silk or cotton shoots. Dark aubergine field color. Primary gul is similar to Moshkova's LIX,6. (Three carpets listed and illustrated.)
  • In addition, there are seven possibly related main carpets listed that differ from Groups I through III by at least one key trait. None has silk weft shoots, and two are woven with symmetrical knots. Golklan-Tukmenen und ihreTeppiche

Eagleton, Ambassador and Mrs. William

East of the Bosporus Oriental Rugs,

Eastern Market

  • Eastern Market is a popular Washington DC flea-market.  A popular place for inexpensive new rugs but collectable piece are found now and then. Best days Sat. and Sun. C and 6th S. E. Washington DC. Rug dealers often set up on the basketball courts across the street from the back of the market.
  • The specialty butcher makes a wonderful range of specialty sausages.
  • There is also a nice rug shop across the street from the basketball courts and a very nice used book shop across from the back of the market building

Eastern Shura

  • The Post-Taliban governing body of the Province of Nangahar.
  • The Eastern Shura in Jalalabad has named Hajji Abdul Qadir as Governor, Yunis Khalis's son as chief of staff, Zaman will be military commander of Jalalabad, and former Taliban Hazarat Ali chief of police.

Eastman, Max Forrester.

  • Max Forrester Eastman, 1883-1969.
  • Author roving editor for The Reader's Digest Association.
  • Communist with close ties to Maxim Litvinoff, and Leon Trotsky,
  • Corresponded with Raymond Gram Swing,
  • Served as Trotsky's literary agent in the United States, and translated some of his works. Eastman denied in correspondence over many years that he was a Jew. EASTMAN MSS.

Eberstadt, Ferdinand.

  • Public Career of Ferdinand Eberstadt, 1890-1969,
    • Princeton Class of 1913
    • 1929Assistant to Owen D. Young, Reparations Conference
    • 1942Chairman, Army and Navy Munitions Board
    • 1942Program Vice Chairman, War Productions Board
    • 1945Prepared the "Eberstadt Report" for the Secretary of the Navy, James V. Forrestal
    • 1946Assistant to Bernard M. Baruch, United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
    • 1948Prepared a Report on Operations of the National Security Resources Board
    • 1949Chairman, Commission on National Security Organization of the Herbert Hoover Commission
    • 1958Consultant, Department of Defense Reorganization.
    • Ferdinand Eberstadt Papers Finding Aid
  • Perez, Robert C. and Willett, Edward F. The Will to Win: A Biography of Ferdinand Eberstadt. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. 1989.
  • James Forrestal and Ferdinand Eberstadt were instrumental in creating the NSC. Hoopes. The Limits of Intervention. Pg. 3.

Ebied, R. Y.

  • Ebied, R. Y. "Ibn Dakik al-`Id, Taki al-Din Abu'l-Fath Muhammad b. `Ali b. Wahb b. Muti` b. Abi'l-Ta`a" in The Encyclopaedia of Islam. 2d edition. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1980. Supplement, 383.
  • Young, M. J. L. "Review of From Saladin to the Mongols: The Ayyubids of Damascus, 1193-1260, by R. Stephen Humphreys" in JSS. Vol. 25. 1980. 134-136.
  • Young, M. J. L. "Review of The Crusades through Arab Eyes, by Amin Maalouf" in Bulletin of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. Vol. 15. 1988. 102-103.
  • Young, M. J. L. "Review of Medieval Muslim Horsemanship: A Fourteenth Century Arabic Cavalry Manual, by G. Rex Smith" in JSS. Vol. 26: No. 1. 1981. 167-168.
  • Young, M. J. L. "Review of Al-Ahadith al-Hisan fi Fadl al-Taylasan. De Jalal al-Din Abu'l-Fadl `Abd al-Rahman al-Suyuti, edited by Albert Arazi" in JRAS. No. 1. 1986. 102-103.
  • Cahen, Claude. "History and Historians" in Cambridge History of Arabic Literature. Young, M. J. L. et al. (edited by). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. vol. 3, 188-233.

Eddé, Anne-Marie.

  • Eddé, Anne-Marie. "La prise d'Alep par les Mongols en 658/1260" in Quaderni di Studi Arabi. Vol. 5-6. 1987-1988. 226-240.

Edelson, Daisey.

Eder, Doris.

  • Doris Eder was a carpet expert at a German auction house. As an employee she wrote a pivotal book on Caucasian rugs and carpets. Her employers sold the rights to her book and it was the basis of an English auhors Ennglish version.
  • Eder, Doris. Orientteppiche Band 1 Kaukasische Teppiche. Munchen: 1979.

Edgu, F.

  • Edgu, F. Karapinar Tulu Carpets. 1989,

Edwards, A. Cecil.

  • Edwards is considered by many people the single greatest western expert on Persian Carpets. If he isn't then he is among the very best.
  • Edwards was the buyer for OCM the major British importer and he traveled extensively in Persia buying carpets for 14 years.
  • Edwards, A. Cecil. The Persian Carpet. London 1953. The standard text on the subject.
  • Edwards, A. Cecil. The Persian Carpet. London: 1991.
  • Edwards, A. C. The Persian Carpet. 1977 (1983 impression),
  • Edwards, Cecil A., The Persian Carpet, Duckworth, London, 1975
  • Edwards was the nephew of James Baker who was one of the founders of OCM. Baker was the son of George Baker the official gardener for the Turkish sultan. 83 Textile Museum Conference.

Edwards, Don.

Edwards, I. E. S.

  • Edwards, I. E. S., Shore, A. F. & Pinder-Wilson, R. H. 5000 Years of Egyptian. 1962, Arts Council,

Efendiev, Rasim.

  • Efendiev, Rasim. Folk Art of Azerbaijan. Baku: 1984. 204 pp., 9.5 x 13 Hardback in dust jacket, GWO 1394.

Eggebrecht, A.

  • Eggebrecht, A. et al. Das Land am Nile. Hildeshiem: 1979.

Egon , Nicholas.

  • Egon, Nicholas Paintings of Jordan Foreword by H.M. Queen Noor al Hussein. 1986.

Ehrenkreutz, Andrew S.

Eiland, Emmett.

Eiland Jr., Murray

Eiland III, Murray

Eisenstein, Herbert.

Elephants - Fighting

Elgood, Robert.

  • Elgood, Robert (editor). Islamic Arms and Armour. London: Scholar Press, 1979.

Ellis, Charles Grant.

Ellis, Gretchen Anne.

  • "Travels with Charlie" Hali 96. page 69. What a delightful  article. The tears welled up as I read it. Gretchen Anne Ellis must be a wonderful person. I hope my children remember me as well.

Ellis, John.

Ellis, R. S.

  • 1976 Mesopotamian Carpets in Modern and Ancient Times: Ancient Near Eastern Weaving, American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 80.

Ellwanger, W. D.

  • Ellwanger, W. D. The Oriental Rug. 1903, Dodd, Mead,

Elmby, Hans.

  • Hans Elmby is a rug dealer in Denmark.
  • Hans Elmby, Kronprinsessegade 40, 1306 København K, Telefon 33 15 93 46
  • Elmby, H. Antikke Turkmenske Taepper / Antique Turkmen Carpets. 1990,
  • Elmby, H. Antikke Turkmenske Taepper / Antique Turkmen Carpets II. 1994,
  • Elmby, H. Antikke Turkmenske Taepper / Antique Turkmen Carpets III. 1996,
  • Elmby, Hans. Antique Turkmen Carpets I. Copenhagen: 1990.
  • Elmby, Hans. Antique Turkmen Carpets II. Cohenhagen: 1994.
  • Elmby, Hans: Antique Turkmen Carpets III. Copenhagen: 1996.

Eltz, Nicky.

  • Eltz, Nicky Woven Art of the East. Eugene, OR, Nicky Eltz. 1986; desk calendar format
  • Tekke Bird Asmalyk

Emel, Esin.

  • Emel, Esin. "Depictions of Mameluke Monuments of Mecca and Madinah in Ottoman Sources and Book Paintings" in The 8th International Congress of Turkish Art. Cairo, 26 September-1 October 1987. [Cairo]: Matba`at Hay'at al-Athar al-Misriyah, [1987].

Emery, Irene.

  • 1966 The Primary Structure of Fabrics. The Textile Museum, Washington.
  • Emery, Irene and Patricia L. Fiske Looms and Their Products. Irene Emery Roundtable on Museum Textiles, 1977 Proceedings. The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. 1979

Emmerson, Ralph.

  • Emmerson, Ralph, Senior Advertisement Executive, Hali The International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art.

Empire of the Sultans,

Enderlein, V.

  • Enderlein, V. Orientalische Kelims. 1986,
  • Engelhardt, E. Orientteppiche Der Sonderklasse. 1980,
  • Engelhardt, E. Teppiche die Bilder Des Orients. Vol II. 1978,
  • Engelhardt, E. Teppiche die Bilder Des Orients. 1977,
  • Engelhardt, H. & E. Orientteppiche der Sonder Klasse. Mannheim: 1982.
  • Enderlein, Volkmar. Die Miniaturen der Berliner Baisonqur-Handschrifi. Bilderhefte der Staadichen Museen zu Berlin, Heft I. Berlin, 1991.

Enderlein, H.

  • Engelhardt, H. & E. Orientteppiche der Sonder Klasse ; Mannheim: 1982.
  • Engelhardt, H. Orientteppiche der Sonder Klasse. Sammlerexemplare Aus Dem Alten Russland. Mannheim: 1982.

Enderlein, V.

  • Zwei Ägyptische Gebetsteppiche im Islamischen Museum, Forschungen und Berichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, vol. XIII, pp. 7-15. 1971

Enders, Thomas O.

Endres, Donna.

Enez, Nevin,

  • With Dr. Harald Bohmer Nevin Enez is one of the world's great rug dye chemists. Her work on the Topkapi prayer rugs is truly inspirational.
  • "Dye Research on the Prayer Rugs of the Topkapi Collection". Hamburg/Berlin ICOC7 1993.

Engle, Anita.

  • Engle, Anita. "Glass Finds at Acre Throw New Light on the 'Syro-Frankish' Group" in Glass and Religious Man. Readings in Glass History; 13-14. Jerusalem: Phoenix Publications, 1982. 35-70 (Chap. 3).

Engelhardt, E.

  • Engelhardt, E. Teppiche die Bilder Des Orients. Heidelberg: 19?

English, Phil.

  • US Rep. Phil English, R-Erie Pa.
  • I knew Phil when we were on the Republican State Committee and also the Pa. Young Republicans. He is a great guy.
  • Phil's sister Odilie English was the sole registered lobbyist in the United States for the Islamic State of Afghanistan, also known as the Northern Alliance.
  • Odilie worked for Elsie Hillman in at the Republican Future Fund, a Pittsburgh Pa. political action committee founded by Elsie to elect more Republican women to state office.

Ensi

  • Ensi, engsi, Hatchli, hatchlu,
  • An Ensi is a distinctive rug with usually a four-panel field made by Turkmen. They are often called "Door Rugs" but there is very little evidence to prove that. It is interesting to note that most old Ensis show signs of having straps by which they could be hung. See also Purdah
  • Hatchli, hatchlu is a corruption of the Armenian word for cross which entered the language from Armenian dealers.
Epton, N.
  • Epton, N. The Palace and the Jungle. n.d., c. 1950,

Epstein, Shifra.

  • Epstein, Shifra and Ora Schwartz-Be’eri. The Jews of Kurdistan: daily Life, Customs, Arts and Crafts. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. 1981 

Erber, Christian and Dietlinde.

  • "Central Asian Suzanis" Denver: ACOR4 Focus Session, 1998.
  • Erber, C., ed. A Wealth of Silk and Velvet. n.d. (1993),

Ercoli, Edoardo.

  • Ercoli, Edoardo: Il Tappeto Orientale (Oriental Rugs). Roma: 1942.

Erzen, Jale.

  • Erzen, Jale. "Sinan as Anti-Classicist." Muqarnas 5 (1988): 70-86.

Erdmann, Hanna.

Erdmann, Kurt.

Eren, A. N.

  • Eren, A. N. Turkish Handmade Carpets. N.d. (c. 1990),

Ersari

Ertekin, Engin.

Ertmen gul

  • Gul used in Chodor weaving.

Ertug, Ahmet

  • Ertug, Ahmet et al. Turkish Carpets from the 13th-18th Centuries. Istanbul 1996.

Esber, Kim.

Eskenazi, John.

  • Eskenazi, J. IL Tappeto Orientale Dal XV AL XVIII Secolo. 1981,
  • Eskenazi, J.J. Kilim. 1980,
  • Frances, Michael and John Eskenazi: Turkish Rugs and Old Master Paintings. London: 1996.

Eskenazi, Peggy.

Esparek,

Ethiopia

Ethno-Textil-Art,

Ettinghausen, Elizabeth.

  • Elizabeth Ettinghausen, widow of the late Richard Ettinghausen is President of the Princeton Rug Society

Ettinghausen, Richard.

Evans, Rachel.

  • Evans, Rachel. Editorial Archivist & Librarian, Hali The International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art.

Eveland, Wilbur Crane.

  • Former Central Intelligence Agency operative in the Middle East.
  • Eveland, Wilbur Crane Ropes of Sand. New York: Norton & Co.1980.
  • CIA covert activities included:
    • Rigging elections in Lebanon.
    • Overthrowing the Syrian government in Damascus1956 and 1957.
    • Moved from agent to contract agent in the sixties.
    • Allegedly leaked sensitive material to Kim Philby.
    • Plotted to assassinate President Nasser of Egypt.
    • In the 1960s in Rome he was undercover for the Company as a Vice President of the Vinnell Corporation,
  • Vice President of the Fluor Corporation until he ended up in a Singapore prison in 1976.
  • A Respectful Dissenter: CIA's Wilbur Crane Eveland, by Marry Barrett, March 1990

Evens, Rachel.

Exner, Dr. Herbert J.

Eyice, Semavi.

  • Eyice, Semavi. "Zaviyeler ve zaviyeli camiler." Iktisat Fakeltesi Meanuasi 23 (1962-3): 3-80.

Ezgi, Cecilia.

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Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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