Journal of the Oriental Rug and Textile Society
The ORTS journal is published three times a year. Contributions are welcomed from members and non-members.
Please send articles, ideas for articles and proposals for book or exhibition reviews to Dr Fiona Kerlogue at editor.orts@gmail.com. Deadlines are 1st February, 1st June and 1st October each year.
For Guidelines for Contributors click the link below.
Recent issues front covers and contents
Spring 2021
Articles
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Weaving with gold: a look at some Japanese Buddhist textiles by Helen Loveday
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Manastir rugs and kilims by Gavin Strachan
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Industrialisation and the Import of Cotton by Emma Slocombe
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Katagami: Just a Paper Stencil Part Two by Mamiko Markham
Book Reviews
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How to Weave a Navajo Rug by Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas
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Early Islamic Textiles by Friedrich Spuhler
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The Persian Carpet: The Forgotten Years 1722-1872 by Hadi Maktabi
Autumn 2020
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A Carpet Ride to Khiva by Chris Aslan
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Bhavani Jamakkalam: The carpets of Tamil Nadu by Bessie Cecil
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How Nepalese textiles inspired Susi Dunsmore by Angus Williams & Caroline Ware
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Weaving Reproduction Carpets for Standen House, West Sussex by Pat Clark
Exhibition Review:
Mediterranean Threads 18th and 19th century Greek Embroideries
Book Reviews:
A Royal Treasure edited by Dale Gluckmann et al
Traditional Indian Handcrafted Textiles by Anjali Karolia
Textiles, The Whole Story by Beverly Gordon
Summer 2020
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Farewell from Louise Teague
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Textile book covers in the Shan manuscript tradition by Jana Igunma
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Jim Thompson: The ‘King of Silk’ by Denise Heywood
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Katagami: Just a Paper Stencil Part One by Mamiko Markham
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Online Show and Tell 2020
Book Reviews:
Cloth that Changed the World: The Art and Fashion of Indian Chintz ed. Sarah Fee
Chinese Dress: From the Qing Dynasty to the Present Day by Valery Garrett
The Golden Thread, How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St Clair
Kimono Couture: The Beauty of Chiso ed. Vivian Li and Christine D Starkman
Spring 2020
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The Oriental Carpet in Portugal by Dimity Spiller
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Edith Durham: textile collector and champion of the Balkans by Gavin Strachan
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In Memoriam: Dr Jon Thompson
Exhibition Reviews:
Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk (V&A)
Timor: Totems and Tokens (Museu do Oriente, Lisbon)
Book Reviews:
The Persian Carpet Tradition by PRJ Ford
The Flowering Desert by Nasreen and Hasan Askari
Thread and Fire by Linda S McIntosh
