“The 4th SARTIRANA TEXTILE SHOW will open regularly on Wednesday September 17th, 2008 at 3:00 PM, but we have a preview with a light dinner on Tuesday 16th at 6:00 PM and all Jozan readers are invited”, says Alberto Boralevi to Jozan Magazine.
The show this year includes more than 45 dealers exhibiting in the Textile section, plus many other general antique dealers in the castle.
There will be two special exhibitions together with the fair: one is entitled TEXTILES FROM NORTHERN AFRICA by Nader of Milan and Luca Sguaitzer of Mantua; the other one is devoted to TURKMEN ENSIS from the Collection of Jonathan Broido.
Most of the exhibitors are the same as in previous year but there are new entries and many countries represented: Austria (5), Germany (5), France (2), England (1), Greece (1), Belgium (1), Italy (22), Switzerland (2), Turkey (2), Iran (2), Israel (1), Brasil (1).
The short popular lecture program entitled TEA-TIME-TEXTILE- TALKS, will be repeated every day at 5:00 PM.
At present the scheduled lectures are:
17 September at 5:00 PM Alfred Niklebil: “Ufological” Rugs
18 September at 5:00 Jacqueline De Bolle: Washing an Antique Rug
19 September at 5:00 Jonathan Broido: Ensi, Turkmen Door Rugs, followed by a short talk by Richard Isaacson on the same subject.
20 September at 5:00 Chiara Battini: North African Textiles, Kilims and Rugs
Location: Sartirana Castle, Sartirana, Lomellina, Italy
Dates: 17-21 September 2008
More information: Sartirana Textile Show 2008