The Transylvanian Heritage - Ottoman Carpets 1450 to 1750

The long waited 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. The reception coinsided with the International Conference on Oriental Carpets and among the quests where many ICOC lecturers and participants and also attendants from Stefano Ionescu’s ‘Carpet Study Tour to Western and Central Anatolia’.

Walter Denny, Bruce Baganz and Stefano Ionescu at the reception

Elmira Gyul and Mehmet Cetinkaya and in the background some of the many participants in the reception

Stefano Ionescu held a speech with thanks to the many persons who have helped him with the book and to get it published

A report from the mentioned ‘Carpet Study Tour to Western and Central Anatolia’ 2024 will be published later.