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73th Meeting of Teppichfreunde

18th March 2012

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear Teppichfreunde,

Our three meetings in 2011 have had a well balanced range of topics, there were very informative lectures and talks and the exhibition of decorative bands and belts in November had presented an extraordinary overview on this neglected niche of folk art worth being collected and still within limited budgets. There is a lot of planning and many work hours necessary to mount the exhibition, which pitifully lasts less than ten hours for viewing on the meeting day.

Our Advisory Board has finished almost the whole programme for 2012. Turkoman enthusiasts have not had their fair share in 2011 and so far not in 2012. I shall try my best to add a good topic. If you know a good one or a lecturer please inform me as soon as possible.

Take notice, please, that from 2012 on all meetings will take place on Sunday. Then we can get easier free room for lecture and exhibition than on Saturdays when very often are parties for wedding, birthday celebration etc.

Let me now invited you to our

73th Meeting of Teppichfreunde
Sunday 18th March 2012
Heide-Kröpke Hotel
D-29690 Essen/Esseler Damm 1
Phone: 0049-5167-9790
10:00 a.m. precisely

Within the last years the official number of participants has diminished, sometimes elder ruggies give up or some move to farther away areas. I can notice the trend by the number of invitation letters. Our rug society was from the beginning and will be in the time to come be focused on available (also means affordable) oriental textile art. We are keen on followers. Should you know anywhere  a hidden collector or someone interested in our field, please approach him or her and invite them to come and joint us for a first not binding impression. Our meetings in 2012 are on March 18, June 10 and November 11 with exhibition.

If you cannot come, please give me a call. I have to convey the information to the restaurant kitchen.

 

It is still not too late to wish you and your family and partner a happy and healthy New Year. Come in numbers in March, bring interesting trophies for show & tell and always good mood.
With kind regards

Herbert J. Exner

    

Programme 

9 – 10	Participants arrive, exhibition open
10:00	Welcome and Information
10:15	Dr. Sabine Struckmeier, Hannover ”Old dyeing recipies from the late middle ages to the present” a scientific and technical analysis of German sources.
11:15	Short break
11:45	Karl-Michael Plötze, Barsinghausen “De Fisher un sin Fru” (“A fisherman and his wife”) – Rugs and Carpets from the Area of the Baltic Sea.
12:30	“Wahlfreiheit” (Your Choice), Mr. & Mrs.Ritter, Wuppertal “Textiles of the Bandara (India)” a selection being assessed by the participants
13:00	Lunch (Buffet) at the Hotel’s Restaurant.
14:45	”Wahlfreiheit” Discussion of assessment results
15:00	“Special Show & Tell”. The topic is “saddle covers”  (not horse covers) for all who can contribute to this theme. Thereafter ”Show & Sell” as usual.
17:00	The Advisory Board meets. Interested participants are welcome.
18:00	End of the 73th Meeting