Articles that concern Peter Bichler

14th International Conference on Oriental Carpets 7-10 June in Washington DC

2 January 202521 May 2018

Detail of one of the fragments of the famous Persian vase-technique carpet from Mahan, near Kerman, currently exhibited in the National Museum of Sarajevo. The carpet is dated 1656/7 and has the signature of the weaver, “Amal-i Ustād Mu'min Ibn Quṭb al-Dīn Māhānī“, which translates as “The work of master Mu'min, son of Quṭb al-Dīn Māhānī”. Fatima Žutić, who published these fragments in a recent article on Hali Magazine, will present the new discoveries on this topic and a reconstruction of the carpets as they were displayed in the Shah Nematollah Vali Shirne in Mahan.

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 … -> 14th International Conference on Oriental Carpets 7-10 June in Washington DC

The re-opening of the MAK Permanent Collection Carpets 8 April

14 January 202511 April 2014

Opening of the MAK Permanent Collection Carpets, April 8th 2014. ©MAK/Kathrin Wißkirchen

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.

ICOC Vienna-Budapest Tour – more rug and textile exhibitions

28 November 20246 March 2014

The International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC) and TKF Society for Textile-Art-Research have just added more exhibitions to their ‘ICOC Vienna-Budapest Tour’ 15-21 September 2014.

The ICOC Vienna-Budapest Tour is open for registration

28 November 202411 February 2014

Herat carpet fragment 16th century. MAK, Vienna

The ICOC Vienna-Budapest Tour 15-21 September 2014 is now open for registration and a Pre-Tour 10-15 September 2014 to Lombardia is also an option. ‘That offers the exciting opportunity to experience the best of Italy, Austria and Hungary in one trip’ said ICOC’s Peter Bichler to Jozan Magazine.