Camel trapping for a bridal procession (asmalyk), 19th century. Wool, knotted pile, applied tassels, 40 x 56 1/2 in. (101.6 x 143.5 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Collection Bequest of H. McCoy Jones. Photograph by Randy Dodson
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Join us for the 15th annual Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Memorial Lecture with Denise-Marie Teece, PhD, Assistant Professor of Art History at NYU Abu Dhabi. This talk explores the early (pre-1922) history of the collection, publication, and exhibition of Turkmen weavings — and highlights the great women artists who created these works.
Turkmen weavings are among the most visually stunning artistic creations of Central Asia, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco hold one of the most important collections of these works — a majority of the pieces donated by the late H. McCoy Jones who began collecting in 1922.
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A talk on Turkmen weavings by great women artists
About the speaker
Denise-Marie Teece (Assistant Professor of Art History, New York University Abu Dhabi; Global Network Assistant Professor, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU) is an art historian specializing in the art and architecture of Muslim communities, with a special interest in transregional artistic exchange and the history of collection and display. Her interest in carpets and textiles was firmly established while working for nearly a decade at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Department of Islamic Art. She has curated exhibitions, published essays, and given lectures concerning carpets and textiles — and is an avid collector of Turkmen weavings.
This lecture is named in honor of Caroline and H. McCoy Jones. H. McCoy Jones (1897–1987) was a scholar, a collector of nomadic tribal rugs, and the founder of the International Hajji Baba Society, a nonprofit dedicated to the understanding and appreciation of fine textiles. In 1980, he and his wife, Caroline (1917–2006), made the commitment to donate his collection of more than 600 Central Asian carpets and textiles to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, transforming the Museums into one of the greatest repositories of Central Asian textiles in the United States. After his death in 1987, Caroline expanded her husband’s collection, focusing on Central Asian and South American textiles, and gifted significant collections of Anatolian kilims and global headwear. Their estate was gifted to the Textile Arts department in 2006, which is today known as the Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Department of Textile Arts. Learn more.
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