The Transylvanian Heritage, Ottoman Carpets 1450 to 1750 – A New Perspective
336 pages, with text and 650 color photographs of Anatolian carpets, of the type preserved in Transylvania: Holbein, Ushak, Lotto, White-ground Carpets, ‘Transylvanian’ rugs.
150 € Standard edition / 190 € De Luxe Edition (with slipcase) + postage.
The author gives particular emphasis to the origin and evolution of the patterns. In dating the single rugs, several aspects have been considered: carpets in paintings, information from historical records, such as old inventories and Ottoman registers, and inscribed rugs that have been correlated with stylistic elements. For most rugs, the dating accuracy is down to a quarter of a century.
The publication is based on the full surviving examples, which include carpets found in parish or museum collections in Romania, as well as private or museum collections worldwide: from Turkey and the Levant, to Europe, and America, which in many cases were sourced in Transylvania.
The documentary material is richly illustrated with photographs of Transylvanian churches that display carpets, reproductions from European paintings depicting such carpets, as well as Islamic and Ottoman miniatures.
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St Margaret’s Church in Mediaș: The Monument and the Carpet Collection 65 €
This book (160 pages, English/German) is a tribute to the beauty of St Margaret’s Church in Mediaș, to the treasures of medieval art that it shelters, and the historic Anatolian carpets, donated by parishioners in centuries past. The carpet collection includes Holbein, Lotto, Selendi and so called Transylvanian rugs.
Anatolian Carpets 80 €
This is the accompanying catalogue of the major exhibition of Gdansk (November 2013 – February 2014).
– 24 full page photos of Anatolian rugs exhibited in Gdańsk;
– 21 photos of rugs and fragments of the Brukenthal collection;
– 4 great rugs sourced in Transylvania now in Museum collections;
– 30 photos of Lutheran Churches in Transylvania;- detailed notes and a new theory of the design origins of the ‘Transylvanian’ group;
– 196 pages, hardbound.
“….an excellent piece of work and a genuinely beautiful book. I am very appreciative of good work.” – Jon Thompson
– 240 Seiten, 24 x 34 cm
– 299 Farbabbildungen osmanischer Teppiche
– 25 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen osmanischer Teppiche
– 18 Fotos von Kirchen, in denen Teppiche ausgestellt sind
– 60 Schwarz-Weiß-Fotos und -Illustrationen
– Karte der Orte mit osmanischen Teppichen in Siebenbürgen In Praise of God: Anatolian Rugs in Transylvanian Churches 150 € Catalogue of the Exhibition organised at the Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul, 2007 English. 1 copy available. Altorientalische Teppiche in Siebenbürgen 1.500 € Original 1933 grand format work, 1 copy available, very good condition; Altorientalische Teppiche in Siebenbürgen 120 €
Compact reprint (A4) of the large format volume of Emil Schmutzler published in 1933; German text + English translation, 160 p., colour, hardbound; Photos reduced by 20% against original. 1 copy available. Handbook of Fakes by Tuduc 90 €
(World’s most famous rug forger) 110 fakes published in colour and in black/white;
23 Anatolian, Caucasian and Persian rugs used as models by Tuduc, published in colour;
6 ‘whereabouts unknown’ (Anatolian rugs which were recorded in Transylvania before WWII, and
have since disappeared);
156 pages, size 21 x 29 cm;
50 copies, digital printing on 150gr paper, hard cover. Keshte, Central Asian Embroideries: The Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf Collection 400 € Ernst J. Grube (Author) Book Condition: As new. 9.5 x 13 Hardback in pristine condition; Illustrated by 43 color plates 130+ color and black and white figures.