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The Textile Museum Journal. Washington, 1962 - present, annual; membership benefit; single issue sales. Scholarly presentation of textile traditions, techniques, with international focus on cultural aspects, The Textile Museum's holdings, and field research. Wide-ranging subject matter, B&W only (color cover).

HALI: The International Journal of Antique Carpets and Textiles. London, 1978 - present, quartertly thru 1987, 6x/yr 1988; subscription; single issues. Trendy trade journal geared to collectors and dealers. Useful articles illustrated in color; auction reports, market trends, reviews of exhibitions, publications, and conferences; interviews.

Oriental Rug Review. Meredith, N.H., 1981 - 1996, monthly; on-ine 1996-1998; now defunct. Forum for sharing information among American collectors and dealers, often with feature articles on off-beat topics and focus on collections. New magazine format, introduced in 1987/8, enables good color reproduction, and 1989 begins series of subject-orientation for each issue under the editorship of George O'Bannon.

Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies. Eds. R. Pinner and W.B. Denny. London, 1985. This is the first serious attempt to provide a periodical for scholarship in the field of Oriental carpet studies. B&W illustrations; initially an offshoot of Hali; from vol. III, part 2, published by Sotheby's London and subsequently by other publishers.

Compiled 1/89, revised 5/90, 3/96, 5/98 by Carol Bier