Nomadic Visions
Tribal Weavings from Persia and the Caucasus
Michael Rothberg
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Description
The Michael and Amy Rothberg Collection of knotted-pile tribal and nomadic bags and other rare small format pile weavings, among them many pieces made for women's dowries and other ceremonial functions, is recognised as the best of its kind anywhere in the world. The collection has been carefully and thoughtfully assembled over the past four decades. Michael Rothberg's collections are above all distinguished by the collector's acutely sensitive and perceptive eye for the best museum-quality material available on the international market. Specialists in the field and other collectors and tribal weaving enthusiasts have awaited the publication of this part of the Rothberg Collection for many years, ever since a selection of the material was shown at Sotheby's in Los Angeles in a feature exhibition during the American Conference on Oriental Rugs in January 1996. The scope of the collection includes antique pile bags, from the Transcaucasus region, as well as from the Shahsavan, Kurdish, Varamin region, Qashqa'i, Khamseh, Luri, Bakhtiari, Afshar and Baluch tribes of Iran.
About the Author
Michael Rothberg is an American collector of oriental rugs and textile art. He began collecting in the late 1970s, developing a particular interest in tribal and nomadic weaving traditions. Over more than four decades, he has assembled a distinguished collection of Turkmen, Baluch, Persian, Kurdish and South Caucasian textiles. Rothberg has shared his knowledge and enthusiasm for historic textiles through conferences, exhibitions and his involvement with organisations including ICOC, ACOR and ARTS.
"Extensive text, beautifully-written and well-researched, this book leads us through many historical and geographical adventures and towards a plethora of full-colour plates." -Ptolemy Mann, Selvedge
