Patterns of Perfection – International Conference
19th-century Iranian Textiles and Carpets and their impact on
British Design
Tuesday 21 – Wednesday 22 April 2009, Hochhauser Auditorium,
Sackler Centre
This international conference brings together some of the most interesting
and significant scholars on 19th-century textile and carpet design to
reflect upon the dissemination of patterns and motifs between Iran and
Britain. It explores textile and carpet manufacture in Iran and the impact
of British goods in Iranian domestic markets; the appearance of Iranian
textiles and carpets in 19th-century Britain; and British designers and
their concept of ‘Persian’ pattern.
£50 for two days; £25 for one day, concessions available
Supported by the Association for Cultural Exchange
To book call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Tuesday 21 April
Wednesday 22 April
10.00: Coffee and Registration
10.30: Introduction and Welcome
10.45: Keynote – Qajar Iran: Between
East and West – Layla Diba,
Independent Curator and Islamic
and Iranian Art Advisor, New
York
11.20: Qajar Textiles and Carpets in
the Collection of the Georgian
National Museum –
Irina Koshoridze, Senior
Curator of Oriental Collections,
Georgian National Museum,
Tbilisi
12.00: Qajar Textiles in the V&A –
Jennifer Wearden, Honorary
Research Fellow, V&A
12.40: Discussion
13.00 LUNCH BREAK
14.00: A Victorian Collector in the
Middle East: Ellen Tanner and
her Textiles – Kate Newnham,
Curator of Eastern Art &
Culture, Bristol City Museums &
Art Gallery, Bristol
14.40: Iranian Manufactures at the
International Exhibitions –
Stephen Vernoit, Independent
Scholar, Tangier
15.40: The Allure of Luxury: The
Impact of the Kashmir Shawl on
Dress and Design in Iran –
Jeff Spurr, Fine Arts Library,
Harvard
16.20: Discussion
10.00: Coffee and Registration
10.30: Introduction and Welcome
10.40: The Workshop Tradition of
Kerman During the 18th and 19th
Centuries – Hadi Maktabi,
Lecturer in Art history, The
American University of Beirut
11.20: More Admiration than
Appropriation: Iranian
influences in Textiles by
Thomas Wardle – Brenda King,
Independent Researcher
12.00: The Influence of ‘Persian
Design’ as an Inspiration for
Commercial Carpets, John Bain,
Global Design Director –
Commercial, Brintons Ltd.,
Kidderminster
12.40: Discussion
13.00: LUNCH BREAK
14.00: Woodward Grosvenor Archive:
19th-century Hand Painted
Carpet Designs, Yvonne Smith,
Archivist, Brintons Ltd.,
Kidderminster
14.40: 19th Century Kalamkari
Textiles in Iran and India,
Rosemary Crill, Senior Curator,
Asian Department, V&A
15.40: ‘Candle, flower, butterfly
and nightingale all gathered.’
Late 19th-century British
Export Prints for the Persian
Market –
Philip Sykas, Research
Associate-MIRIAD, Manchester
Metropolitan Museum
16.40: Discussion