Oriental rug news
The International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC) and The Austrian Society for Textile-Art Research (TKF) have arranged a tour ‘Carpets and Collections of the Alpine Area’ in September 2019. ‘The tour is developing nicely and we will be able to offer five special exhibitions for this event’ says Peter Bichler, ICOC, to Jozan Magazine… read more
The Austrian Society for Textile Art Research has just announced an ICOC Tour “Carpets and Collections of the Alpine Area” from 8 September through 14 September 2019. ‘The participants will visit museums and private collections in the Alpine areas of Bavaria, Austria, and Northern Italy. Not only will there be a … read more
The 14th ICOC International Conference will be held in Washington DC from 7-10 June 2018. As in 2015 the ICOC is being held in collaboration with the Textile Museum on the campus of George Washington University. The ICOC includes both conference and academic sessions, a dealer fair, exhibitions and also … read more
The re-opening of the MAK Permanent Collection Carpets took place 8 April 2014 at 19.00 and was very well attended. A selection of over 30 individual objects presented an impressive display of the MAK’s holdings of high-quality carpets with an emphasis on unique examples of 16th and 17th-century Persian, Ottoman and Mamluk carpets. .. read more
