Speaker Program at the 14th Icoc Conference in Washington, Dc, June 7-10, 2018. In addition to a Carpet Fair, exhibitions (Ikats, Collectors' Carpets) and Receptions, here is the list of talks and speakers that will be presented:

14th Icoc speaker Program June 8-10, 2018

1. Carol Bier - Professor Pope and Dr. Phyllis Ackerman: Carpets and the Study of Textiles
2. Elisa Grilli di Cortona - The Fashion for Coptic Textiles in 20th Century French Private Collections and the Creation of Museum Collections in France
3. Beata Biedrońska-Słota - a Carpet with Chintamani Motifs in the Collection of the National Museum in Kraków
4. Fatima Kadic-Zutic - Sarajevo “Vase-technique” Fragmented Carpets from the Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine in Mahan (Iran)
5. Alberto Boralevi - The Rediscovery of a Great Masterpiece: The Bardini-Pisa Mamluk
6. Asli Samadova 7-minute video produced on the “Silk Treasures” Exhibition in Baku (21 October 2017 – 15 January 2018)
7. Shirin Melikova - Source of Enrichment of the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum’s Collection
8. Peter Haley - Serendipity on the Canadian Prairie
9. Murray l. Eiland - Nature or Tradition: The Herati Pond Design
10. John Wertime - Goat Hair & Mohair in Oriental Rugs &Textiles: An Overview
11. Elena Tsareva - The Splendor and Variety of the Carpet Weaving Traditions of the Population of Uzbekistan
12. Irina Bogoslovskaya - The Zigzag Journey of Uzbek Ikat and the Yodgorlik Factory in Marghilan
13. Keya Bayramova - Durdy Bayramov and His Paintings as a Cultural Attribute
14. Edoardo Marino - Ikat and Uzbek Textiles: An Italian Collection
15. Thomas Cole - Myth & Magic - Symbols of Tradition
16. Elmira Gyul - Uzbek Carpets as a Phenomenon of Central Asian Carpet Weaving
17. Csenge Rózsa – Jäger - Early Representations of the Phoenix Dragon Carpet from the 13th through 15th Centuries
18. Andrea Pacciani - The First Ushak Carpet Collector
19. Peter Bichler - Defregger Rugs
20. Alessio Di Carlo - Sardinia: The Mysterious Island
Show & Tell and closing Session at The Textile Museum Moderator Wendel Swan

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