Michael Craycraft

Bertram Frauenknecht, Michael Craycraft and Ulrike Montigel at Sartirana textile Show 2011

Michael Craycraft died 10 May 2015 after a long struggle against leukaemia and he will be deeply missed by his many friends and colleagues in the tribal rug world. Michael was my friend and he contributed to Jozan Magazine with a lot of interesting photos, reviews and articles from antique rug fairs, exhibitions and conferences. He was a foremost expert … read more

Review Sartirana Textile Show 2013

This years Sartirana Textile Show, organized with great skill by Alberto Boralevi and La Pila Events Exhibit and Party, ended Sunday 22 September and the high quality of exhibited antique rugs and textiles from the 26 attending dealers will be remembered. And the venue, ‘La Pila’ in Sartirana, a rice mill from the 17th century, created a picturesque frame around the show… read more

Report from the ongoing Sartirana Textile Show 2013

The 9th edition of Sartirana Textile Show, in Sartirana Lomellina near Milan, started Thursday 19 September at 18.00 and will run through Sunday 22 September. As usual for Sartirana Textile Show the quality of the exhibited rugs and textiles were high and the show was well visited at the opening evening Thursday… read more

Excellent Turkmen engsi exhibition

The 33th meeting of The Friends Of Turkmen Rugs took place at Hotel Baseler Hof 2-4 November 2012 in Hamburg. Concurrent with this event Mohammad and Sabine Tehrani held their annual Turkmen exhibition ‘Engsi Rugs’ at their gallery in Neue Gröningerstrasse, Hamburg… read more