Notes on Marla Mallett

Julia Bailey, Marla Mallet, and the late George W. O'Bannon at ACOR 3

Mallet Mallett of Atlanta Georgia is a truly delightful person. As a weaver and rug and textile dealer she has studied weaving in a way very few ever could. There is a small group of people who I turn to when I need help with a problem. Marla is one of these people, her carefully formulated advice is something I treasure. For instance when I working on understanding early Mughal carpets (The Incidence Of High Ply Counts In Early Cotton Warps) Marla's advice was crucial in understanding what it was about high ply count warps that made them desirable in Mughal carpets. I mention this to point out that there are so few people in the world who would either understand or care that it makes Marla a very special person to me.

Mallett, Marla. Woven Structures: A Guide to Oriental Rug and Textile Analysis. Atlanta: Christopher Publications and Marla Mallett Textiles, 1998.

Buy this book! Best book on structure. If you enjoy my Rug Notes site then you will love her book.

Woven Structures Web Site marlam@mindspring.com

This book gives a sensible logical approach to describing the structures seen in Oriental Rugs and related textiles. When I want to describe a selvage or a tapestry weave I turn to Mallett. Not to use Mallett is to leave your work open to future misunderstandings and mis-interpretation.

A top expert on rug and textile structure and author of a book on technical analysis. Her no nonsense approach to structure and design evolution has at times engaged he in controversy. Marla was one of the main debunkers of the "mother goddess in Anatolia" controversy. Mallet is a weaver and runs a gallery in Atlanta Ga.
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Fairy Tale An Untrue Story, Fairy Photographs, Piltdown Man, and Faked Vermeer Paintings, The Debunking of Three Hoaxes, by James Opie
The Classification of Anatolian Brocades, VI I.C.O.C. Paper by Marla Mallett, A previously unpublished and important paper, Vol. 12/1
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