The Textile Museum's Rug Convention 1997


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Rug Convention is more than just the speakers and the talks just as the Textile Museum is more than just the carpets on display. The real value of both is all those things combined with the people the museum draws together. No Rug Convention can ever really be deemed a success or a failure the only success or failure is an individual measure of what each participant gained from the experience.

#1.

Caroline McCoy-Jones and Mary Hammond Sullivan at Show and Tell.

The Textile Museum October 19, 1997

Photo by Sandy Borchetta

#2.

Panelists at the 20th Annual Rug Convention

(l to r) Robert Pinner, Irene Good, John Wertime, and Jurg Rageth.

The Textile Museum October 18, 1997

Photo by Sandy Borchetta

#3.

Carol Bier, Curator, Eastern Hemisphere Collection, The Textile Museum comments on a 19th century Persian velvet Ikat at Show and Tell. Jerry Thompson, President, Washington Textile Group, is holding the Ikat with Paul Ramsey in the lower left.

The Textile Museum October 19, 1997

Photo by Sandy Borchetta

#4.

John Wertime comments on a goat hair rug at Show and Tell. Jerry Thompson, President, and Frank Crandall Secretary, Washington Textile Group, are holding the piece.

The Textile Museum October 19, 1997

Photo by Sandy Borchetta