‘Exhibitions’ Archives
Aleppo kilims and related textiles – Sartirana Textile Show
Sartirana Textile Show 13-16 September 2012 includes a special exhibition entitled "Aleppo Kilims and Related Textiles from Private Collections". The idea of this exhibition is based on examination of some very interesting paintings by the well known Italian 'Orientalist' painter Giulio Rosati (Rome 1858-1917). Some of his works are remarkable for the presence of many antique carpets, [...]
Central Asian Ikats on view at Seattle Asian Art Museum
Seattle Asian Art Museum is hosting an exhibition of Central Asian Ikats entitled "Colors of the Oasis". This exhibition, which will run though 5 August 2012, showcases 65 Central Asian Ikat textiles, and most of them are from Uzbekistan. In the museum's major gallery the visitor will walk around in an hectic Ikat city bazaar giving a sense of walking into a crowded market in a Oasis city of [...]
Mosaic copies of Oriental rugs
Rugs for flooring and wall hangings can be made of various materials, wool, cotton, silk, camel wool, jute to mention a few natural materials but have you ever seen a rug made of mosaics ?. "I met a talented artist, Suzanne Spahi from Montreal, on our recent rug study tour to Uzbekistan. She creates mosaic copies of rugs to hang on the wall and her work is amazing" says Holly Mosby, Antique [...]
Prayer rug exhibition at The Textile Museum of Canada
The Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto is hosting an exhibition "Portable Mosques: The Sacred Space of the Prayer Rug" which will will run through 3 September 2012. The ongoing exhibition presents examples of prayer rugs from major rug producing areas like Iran, Tyrkey, Afghanistan and Caucasus. The prayer rugs are selected from the TMC's own collection of Oriental carpets and rugs and the [...]
Teodor Tuduc
by Christopher Robin Andrews. During the second week of February of this year, Stefano Ionescu gave two talks in the San Francisco Bay area, the first as part of a seminar at the de Young Museum entitled "Museum Fakes, Forgeries, and the Quest for Authenticity", the second in a hands on workshop at Peter Pap Oriental Rugs Gallery in North Beach. Both talks focused on the remarkable [...]
