The Transylvanian Heritage – Ottoman Carpets 1450 to 1750

Walter Denny, Bruce Baganz and Stefano Ionescu at the reception

The book ‘The Transylvanian Heritage – Ottoman Carpets 1450 to 1750 – a new perspective’ by Stefano Ionescu is now released and published. The reception for the release of the book took place at Mehmet Cetinkaya Gallery in Istanbul Friday 7 June in the evening.

Joseph V. McMullan Award 2024

McMullan Award 2024

On Wednesday 15 May 2024 at the ‘Carpet and Textile Forum’ Bruce Baganz and other Board Members of the Near Eastern Research Center, Washington DC, presented the 2024 Joseph V. McMullan Award for Scholarship and Stewardship in Islamic Rugs & Textiles to recipients:  Brian Morehouse, Bethany Mendenhall and and Paul Ramsey. … -> Joseph V. McMullan Award 2024

The Near Eastern Art Research Center

Islamic Carpets by Joseph V. McMullan

The Near Eastern Art Research Center was formed in 1962 by the late Joseph V. McMullan (1896- 1973), one of the 20th century’s foremost scholars and collectors of Islamic carpets.