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From: Wendel Swan

Dear Barry,

The two most recent publication of Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies, or OCTS, are Volume V, Part 1 (containing the papers delivered at the 8th ICOC in Philadelphia in 1996) and Volume V, part 2 (an expansion of the special section on Salting carpets held at the Philadelphia conference).

Both were edited by Murray Eiland Jr. and Robert Pinner with the assistance of the Publications Committee (Peter Andrews, John Mills, Julia Bailey and Danny Shaffer). They were published by ICOC at Danville, California, 1999.

These works, as well as other publications of the International Conference on Oriental Carpets, may be purchased from the ICOC through its website at:

http://icoc-orientalrugs.org/

Wendel Swan

Dear Wendel,

I really appreciate your kindness not only to myself but all of our readers in cleaning up my erroneous information. The OCTs series is one of the most important resources in the field of Oriental Carpets. I highly suggest that our RugNotes readers follow up and get those books. You may wish to contact Barnes and Noble which was the source of the incorrect information. They are offering the book for sale but have the description muddled.

(For everyone else let me note that these books are a limited run at a very fair price and when they are gone they are gone.)

On a more personal note I was thinking about you recently. I wrote a review on John Wertime's book "Sumac Bags" for Rug News Magazine and praised it as a wonderful resource for anyone with any interest in Sumac bags. But no matter how brilliant Wertime is, without the spectacular Sumac Bags in the book it would be rather dry. Of course Harold Keshishian had some great ones and Bob Neuter's bags were nothing to sneeze, but some of the very best are from the wonderful collection that you and Diane have assembled. I suppose I have always been a little jealous of you but when I look at pieces from your collection I realize what a rare and special gift of knowledge and taste you have that I can never hope to match. 

With warmest regards,

Barry

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