As a part of the Hali Colloquium in Italy Alberto Boralevi guided a tour 6 February 2023 at noon at the Stefano Bardini Museum with focus on important Anatolian and Persian carpets from the 16th-17th centuries.
Alberto Boralevi gave an introduction to the Stefano Bardini Museum. Stefano Bardini was an Italian art dealer in Florence and his bequest to the city resulted in the opening of the Museo Bardini in 1923.Mamluk carpet fragment, Museo Stefano BardiniCentral Persian carpet fragment, Museo Stefano BardiniA very large mid 17th century Isfahan carpet on the backwall in the staircase, Museo Stefano BardiniSmall Medallion Ushak 17th century, Museo Stefano Bardini16th century Tabriz fragment, Museo Stefano BardiniTransylvanian coupled column prayer rug, West Anatolia 17th centurySelendi carpet 16-17th centuryIsfahan 16-17th centuryFragment of Herat, Khorasan 17th centuryLeft: Lotto Ushak rug, late 16th century. Right: Small Pattern Holbein Rug early 16th centuryDamascus carpet, second half 16th centuryMichael Franses, Shirin Melikova and Alberto Boralevi
