Discover Transylvania May 2008

Discover Transylvania May 2008

After the exhibition at the Museum of Islamic Kunst in Berlin (October 2006 – January 2007) and the one organized by Dr. Nazan Ölçer and Michael Franses at the Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul (April-August 2007) I feel it’s time to return to Transylvania.

Transylvanian rugs at Sakip Sabanci Museum

Reconstructed church room at the exhibition

Exhibition at the Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul: In Praise of God – Anatolian Rugs in Transylvanian Churches opened till 19 August 2007. About 40 remarcable Ottoman rugs from the Churches in Transylvania and from museums in Berlin and Budapest, of which very few survived in Turkey, were exhibited at the … -> Transylvanian rugs at Sakip Sabanci Museum

ICOC Istanbul 2007 Academic Program

ICOC Istanbul

The detailed – and impressing – academic program for the International Conference on Oriental Carpets has just been released by Alberto Boralevi, Chair of the Academic Committee. The themes for the 16 sessions are Central Asia, Turkish Carpets (2 sessions), Textiles, Archaeology, Costumes, Europe & Oriental Carpets, Technical Features, Caucasian Carpets, … -> ICOC Istanbul 2007 Academic Program

Anatolian rugs in Transylvanian Churches

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Exhibition at the Sakip Sabanci Museum, Emirgan, Istanbul 19 April to 19 August 2007 The focus in this exhibition is on Ottoman rugs made in Anatolia between the 16th-18th century. Many of the rugs were made in West Anatolia but kept and hung in Christian churches of Transylvania (part of … -> Anatolian rugs in Transylvanian Churches