Timbuktu to Tibet: Rugs and Textiles of the Hajji Babas February 17, 2009

This show explores the central role that textiles have played in many disparate cultures across several continents. It tells the story of the people who made the textiles, the ways they lived and worked, and the functions of their weavings. It also chronicles how the Western understanding and appreciation of non-Western textiles have changed over the 20th century, through the history of the 75-year-old Hajji Baba Club, the nation's oldest society of rug and textile collectors.