In Praise of God: Anatolian Rugs in Transylvanian Churches, 1500-1750
Istanbul: Sabanci University, Sakip Sabanci Museum, 2007. Softcover. Color pictorial glossy glued wraps. 221 pp., profusely illustrated chiefly in color with some maps. VG. Item #166667
A superb copy of a very hard book to locate. Catalog of an exhibition held April 19-August 19, 2007, at the Sakip Sabanci Museum, Sabanci University. Prefaces / Cem Çelikoglu, Sabin Adrain Luca, Nazan Ölçer -- Transylvania: a land of diversity between worlds / Beate Wild -- Turkish carpets: trade and patronage / Halil Inalcik -- Transylvania and the Ottoman rugs / Stefano Ionescu with Andrei Kertesz -- An introduction to early Turkish rugs / Michael Franses -- Ottoman rugs in the churches of Transylvania: tracing the origins of the designs / Michael Franses -- Western Anatolian village rugs and Ottoman silk textiles / Alberto Boralevi -- The history of the Turkish rugs in Berlin / Jens Kröger -- Catalogue / Michael Franses.
Price: $225.00