Turkish Carpets from the 13th-18th Centuries

Metin: Nazan Ölçer / Volkmar Enderlein / Ferenc Batari / John Mills, Ahmet Ertuğ Yayınları, İstanbul 1996, 235 sayfa Hard Cover, Kutulu, 38 x 27 x 4 cm


This book, originally published on the occasion of an international carpet exhibition in Istanbul in 1997 at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, brings together a stunning array of 163 rare carpets that were selected from the museum's legendary collection and are presented here for the first time in images of hitherto unachieved quality. The internationally-respected magazine Hali called it "The ultimate Turkish carpet book... [with] superb images of the best of Turkish carpet art.


Rare Carpets selected from the collections of Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul. Vakıflar Carpet Museum, Istanbul. State Museum of Berlin-Museum of Islamic Arts. Budapest Museum of Applied Arts. Konya Mevlana Museum. Heinrich Kircheim Collection. Together with paintings from State Museum of Berlin-National Gallery. Warsaw National Museum, The National Gallery, London.