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Notes on Professor Wilfried Stanzer
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Prof. Wilfried Stanzer
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- Stanzer is a noted collector and author.
- Chairman of ICOC International Committee of
Oriental Carpets until 10th ICOC Washington 2003 when he retired.
- Stanzer
is best known as a expert on Moroccan Rugs and Carpets.
- Former Chairman of the Austrian Rug Society TKF.
- 1995 winner of the The
Joseph V. McMullan Award
- Rug
Societies
- "Moroccan Tribal Carpets From the Region of
Bushad". Hamburg/Berlin ICOC7 1993.
- Stanzer, W. Kordi. Leben Knupfen Weben Der
Kurden Khorasans / Lives Rugs Flatweaves of the Kurds of Khorasan. 1997,
- Stanzer, Wilfred et al. Antique Oriental
Carpets from Austrian Collections Vienna 1986.
- Stanzer, Wilfried: Berber Tribal Carpets and
Weavings from Morocco ; Graz: 1991.
- Stanzer, Wilfried: Kordi: Lives-Rugs-Flatweaves
of the Kurds in Khorasan
; Wien: 1988.
- Butterweck, G., Kryza-Gersch, F., Neuber, E.,
Roth, F.O., Stanzer, W., & Trimbacher, P. Anitique Anatolian
Carpets
- Stanzer, Wilfried 1988 Kordi: Leben, Knüpfen,
Weben der Kurden Khorasans. Eigenverlag, Vienna.
- Project AIT KHOZEMA, carpets and flatweaves
done in 150 years old technic and tradition.
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Seen on www.Cloudband.com
AUSTRIA'S NEW CARPET PROFESSOR
Wilfried Stanzer, the International Conference on Oriental Carpets'
(ICOC) Vice President, was recently given the title of 'Professor' by
Austria's President, Thomas Klestil. The honorific, one of the highest
that can be given in Austria, is in recognition of Stanzer's enormous
contribution to rug and carpet studies, particularly within the
Moroccan sphere. During the award ceremony, Elisabeth Gehrer, the
Minister for Education, Science and Culture, spoke glowingly of
Stanzer's work as a film-maker in Afghanistan and of his passion in the
field of Moroccan weaving.
Stanzer's championing of Moroccan rugs and textiles is well known. The
current boom in this field can perhaps be attributed to his great
efforts to promote the weaving traditions of the Maghreb to a wider
audience. In 1995, he organised The First International Conference on
Moroccan Carpets, a great success that was to turn many dealers and
collectors to the field. This September, another conference is planned
in Marrakesh, together with exhibitions of the world's leading
collections. In addition, Stanzer has reintroduced natural dyeing to
villages in the High Atlas, where he oversees the production of
first-class rugs in which traditional Moroccan designs are rendered in
a contemporary manner.
The accolade confirms Stanzer's position as the latest in a long line
of world renowned Austrian carpet scholars and further establishes his
book Berber as a pioneering work in the field. NP
For Further Reading:
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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