The
exhibition catalog Through The
Collector's Eye -- Oriental Rugs
From New England Private Collections,
(128 pages, hardbound, 50 color
plates, 57 b&w illustrations), was
published in 1991 by the Museum of
Art, Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, RI, to document an
exhibition presented there from
November 22, 1991 to February 9, 1992.
The exhibition then moved to The
Textile Museum, Washington, DC and was
on display from March 20 to May 3 of
the same year. The catalog, which was
sponsored by the New Boston Rug
Society (now the New England Rug
Society) and the long defunct Oriental
Rug and Textile Society of New
England, is now out of print.
Collector's
Eye Frontispiece
George Walter Vincent
Smith in his living room, 1894
(detail). Visible on the floor
are an Ersari carpet and a
Kazak prayer rug. (Photo
courtesy of George Walter
Vincent Smith Museum).
Click on the image for a
detailed view.
