Notes on Professor Wilfried Stanzer

Prof. Wilfried Stanzer

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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  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

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