Webinar: “The Intrigue of Baluch Rugs” with DeWitt Mallary, Collector, Independent Scholar and Dealer, Vermont. Virtual via Zoom. Saturday, December 10, 2022: 9 am Pt / 12 noon Et / 5 pm Gmt - London., Free Registration: https://tinyurl.com/TMABaluchRugs This program is co-sponsored by Textile Museum Associates of Southern California; The Textile Museum/George Washington University; and New England Rug Society. The set of rugs bought, sold and collected under the catch-all name “Baluch” actually includes the products of a number of weaving groups in different areas of northeast Iran and northwest Afghanistan. In addition to certain iconic types, there is an uncommon diversity of idiosyncratic, creative mixing of designs and styles. The most exciting examples of Baluch weaving all use outstanding wool, enabling intensely saturated colors. This virtual presentation led by DeWitt Mallary will look at many of the finest examples of Baluch rugs and bags of various types, and discuss what makes them outstanding, letting the objects demonstrate the intrigue of this group of weavings. DeWitt Mallary collected Baluch rugs for about 20 years and has been a dealer in a wide variety of antique weaving for almost another two decades. He has written and lectured, primarily about Baluch rugs, around the United States and Europe, including presenting and curating exhibitions at International Conference on Oriental Carpets, American Conference on Oriental Rugs and The Textile Museum. Mallary edited the English edition of Jurg Rageth’s book Turkmen Carpets: a New Perspective and teaches assorted rug courses at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Dartmouth. Free Registration: https://tinyurl.com/TMABaluchRugs Tma/Sc Newsletter: Virtual programs, museum exhibitions, online articles, videos, and recordings on rugs and textiles: https://tinyurl.com/TMABaluchFnc1Newsletter