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In everyday life we often use objects, without reflecting about their history and occurrence in our environment. Such objects could be a suitcase or a chest; their distant ancestor is a capacious carpet bag for household utensils – the napramach.
Julkhyrs – the traditional Uzbek long-piled carpets – are popular among connoisseurs of Oriental art. Unlike the refined decor of Iranian carpets, the appearance of Julkhyrs are extremely laconic, strict, even brutal, both on drawings, and on colours.
The 12th International Conference on Oriental Carpets took place in June 2011 in Stockholm with 300 delegates from all over the world.
ICOC Stockholm included several museum visits and one of them went to the Royal Armory Museum in the old town. The delegates could enjoy a specially arranged exhibition for the ICOC visitors of 17th century Anatolian rugs from Skokloster Castle. More articles about ICOC Stockholm will follow.