{"id":2308,"date":"2013-10-16T18:40:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T17:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transylvanianrugs.com\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2013-10-16T19:13:54","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T18:13:54","slug":"talk-at-orts-london-231013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transylvanianrugs.com\/?p=2308","title":{"rendered":"Talk at ORTS, London, 23rd October 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2309\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transylvanianrugs.com\/?attachment_id=2309\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2309\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2309 \" title=\"Keisd fragment\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transylvanianrugs.com\/wp-content\/ups\/BN-Keisd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bellini fragment, 16th cent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Tracing the Ottoman Rugs<\/em><\/strong><strong> <em>in Transylvania<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Transylvania continues to be the repository of the richest and best-preserved group of small format Turkish rugs outside the Islamic world: almost four hundred examples (including fragments) attributable to the golden period of Ottoman weaving.<\/p>\n<p>We will discuss how and from where the rugs arrived and why they entered the patrimony of the Protestant Churches and led to the \u2018Transylvanian miracle\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Then we will visit some Church collections with an eye to the best examples, ranging from the late 15<sup>th<\/sup> to early 17<sup>th<\/sup> centuries: Ushaks, Holbeins, Lottos, Selendis and a wealth of Transylvanian rugs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Swedenborg Hall,\u00a0\u00a0 20\/21 Bloomsbury Way, London\u00a0 WC1A\u00a0 2TH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Entrance round the corner in Barter Street.<\/p>\n<p>Doors open from 6.0pm.\u00a0 Drinks and snacks are served.<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Tracing the Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania Transylvania continues to be the repository of the richest and best-preserved group of small format Turkish rugs outside the Islamic world: almost four hundred examples (including fragments) attributable to the golden period of Ottoman weaving. 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