Oriental Rug and Textile Society (ORTS)

The second lecture in the Oriental rug and textile society (ORTS) Spring program takes place at The University Woman's Club, 2 Audley Square, Mayfair, London on Wednesday 19th February 2020 at 7:00 pm. Contributing Editor to Hali magazine, Markus Voigt will present on the topic of Carpets from the Tarim Basin and Tibet. At a casual glance Tibetan rugs and carpets might be mistaken for those from Xinjiang (Eastern Turkestan). This talk will examine how two neighbouring but very disparate cultures came to have commercial crossover.