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Giving Back the Colours:
the Josephine Powell collection

Edited by Kimberly Hart, with contributions by Harald Böhmer, Clare Frost, Kimberly Hart, Birgitte Jensen, Doga Karakaya, Charles Lave, Behany Mendenhall, Elisabeth Steiner


Published by Sadberk Hanim Museum

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Josephine Powell at the start of her adventures in 1956

Published as a catalogue for the exhibition of Josephine Powell's collection of Anatolian kilims at the Silahhane, Yildiz Palace, in 2007, part of ICOC Istanbul, featured in Cornucopia 37, this book is an essential addition to the library of kilim lovers.

Josephine Powell died a month before the exhibition opened, having bequeathed her collection to the Vehbi Koc Foundation and the Sadberk Hanim Museum. The book includes her article 'From Generation to Generation: Anatolian Nomad Storage Sacks'. The book illustrates more than 50 flatweaves in graphic detail.

For Andrew Finkel's profile of Josphene Powell, American Nomad, see Cornucopia 30


Kilim Ornekleri Examples from Kilims in the Josephine Pwell Collection

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The catalogue of the 2003 exhibition of Josephine Powells kilim collection at the Darphane (Ottoman Imperial Mint.Published after her death, this catalogue includes Andrew Finkels article American Nomad from Cornucopia 30 and an article by Harald Bohmer on Natural and Synthetic dyes.

 

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Profile by Andrew Finkel

 

Cornucopia 37
ICOC Istanbul