Article

Anatolian Triumph – Life’s Rich Slit-Tapestry

01/04/1991

Article

Authors:

Davina Waterhouse

Published in:

HALI: The International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art, No. 56, pp. 100-103

Publisher:

HALI Publications Ltd. , London, U.K.

References

Works of Art

Christopher Alexander's carpet collection, at its final state included about 80 carpets, most of them Turkish carpets, or carpets with a pronounced "Turkic" character

Carpet Collection

Christopher Alexander started collecting carpets because of his desire to learn from them. He felt that they had something to teach him. He was never interested in the classification of carpets, where they came from, or on their type. He ...

Public Events

"Ancient Color and Geometry: Anatolian Pile Carpets from the Christopher Alexander Collection" exhibition in M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco 10/11/1990 to 17/02/1991

M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Exhibition

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Bob Theis, Annie der Bedrossian

Organized by:

M.H. de Young Memorial Museum and The Center for Environmental Structure

The exhibition of the Christopher Alexander collection of 80 Turkish carpets in the de Young Memorial Museum was held during the 6th International Conference on Oriental Carpets. Alexander designed the exhibit in all its detailing personally with one thing in ...