Around one hundred participants took part in the week long tour organised by Peter Bichler of the Society for Textile-Art Research (TKF) in association with the International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC) 15 - 20 September 2014. Venues across Vienna hosted a full schedule of lectures, auctions and exhibitions for three days, before the group crossed from Austria into Hungary to encounter a rich array of carpets and partake in visits to cultural sites in Esztergom and Budapest. An album of photos by US based tour participant, Paul Ramsey. Click on individual images for captions.
ICOC Tour 2014 Vienna & Budapest
Around one hundred participants took part in the week long tour organised by Peter Bichler of the Society for Textile-Art Research (TKF) in association with the International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC) 15 - 20 September 2014. Venues across Vienna hosted a full…
Rachel Meek
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