Sixth International Conference on Oriental Carpets in San Francisco

17/11/1990 to 20/11/1990

Marriot Hotel, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Conference, Professional Event

The exhibition of the Christopher Alexander collection in the de Young Memorial Museum was held during the 6th International Conference on Oriental Carpets. Within this framework, Alexander gave a lecture on carpets and on what it takes to create such great works of art, and to recognize and appreciate them as such.

Organized by:

M.H. de Young Memorial Museum; Fort Mason Center; The Lowie Museum of Anthropology of the University of California Berkeley

Contents

Visual & Audio Materials

Cassette tape of Christopher Alexander's lecture given at the 6th International Conference on Carpets 01/01/1991

Audio, Tape

55 minute recording of Christopher Alexander’s lecture on carpets and his collection.

References

Articles

Blurring the Outlines 01/04/1991

Publication, Article

Published in:

HALI: The International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art, No. 56, pp. 96

Publisher:

HALI Publications Ltd. , London, U.K.

Public Events

"Ancient Color and Geometry: Anatolian Pile Carpets from the Christopher Alexander Collection" exhibition in M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco 10/11/1990 to 17/02/1991

M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Exhibition

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Bob Theis, Annie der Bedrossian

Organized by:

M.H. de Young Memorial Museum and The Center for Environmental Structure

The exhibition of the Christopher Alexander collection of 80 Turkish carpets in the de Young Memorial Museum was held during the 6th International Conference on Oriental Carpets. Alexander designed the exhibit in all its detailing personally with one thing in ...