Sartirana Textile Show, 2013

August 28, 2013

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The 9th annual Sartirana Textile Show will take place from 19-22 September 2013 at Sartirana Castle in Lomellina, near Milan, Italy.

: Shahsavan sumakh bag, 0.46 x 0.46cm, second half 19th century

: Shahsavan sumakh bag, 0.57 x 0.55cm, mid 19th century

: Shahsavan sumakh bag, 0.59 x 0.58cm, late 19th century

: Carpet from Pescocostanzo, Abruzzo, Southern Italy, end 18th century, 146 x 218 cm

: Two Al;caraz wreath carpet fragments, Spain, last quarter 15th century, 73 x 62 cm

: Talish-Met-Hane rug, Southeast Caucasus, mid 19th century, 109 x 240cm

: Sharkoy Kilim, the Balkans, mid 19th century, 106 x 149cm

: Afghan War rug, 1980s. the first production of war rugs, subsequent Soviet occupation of Afghan territories, in 1979, reproducing machine guns AK-47: the weapon used by the Russians who will become the main symbol of the Afghan rebels and liberation movements led by the mujahideen . These rugs were used as propaganda inciting the population to take up arms against the invading enemy. 90 x 60cm

: Afghan war rug, 1990s. After the Soviet withdrawal in 1989, the production of war rugs takes on a kind of celebration. In this case we find the map of the country with the date 1989, and messages written in Dari (Afghan language) that celebrate the Soviet retreat. The weapons and military vehicles present are faithfully reproduced. 90 x 60cm

: Afghan war rug, early 21st century. The last productions are dedicated to war and terror. This carpet contains a map of Afghanistan and the military campaign Enduring Freedom. The writing should be interpreted but they mean “the road of Terror”, 90 x 60cm

: Kkamseh rug, southwest Persia, 1880, 296 x 164cm

: Borjalu Kazak rug, Caucasus, 1870, 229 x 132cm

: Ersari jollar, Middle Amu Darya redion, late 19th century, 179 x 60cm

: Bakhtiari horse cover, central Persia, end 19th century, 159 x 136cm

: Tibetan saddle rug, second half 19th century, 88 x 59cm

: Tibetan saddle rug, second half 19th century, 136 x 67cm

: Afshar bag face, southwest Persia, 19th century, 90 x 67cm

: Khamseh rug, southwest Persia, circa 1880, 397 x 188cm

: Mujur prayer rug, Turkey, mid 19th century, 135 x 92cm

: Lesghi Kuba rug, East Caucasus, circa 1880. 165 x 122 cm

: Zeikhur rug, northeast Caucasus, 1890 ca. 114 x 186 cm

: Chelaberd rug, Barda district, Karabagh, Caucasus, circa 1890, 220 x 125 cm

: Bakhtiari (?) rifle bag, Persia

: Qashqa’i gabbeh bag

: Middle Amu Darya Turkmen rug

: Chinese silk brocade

: Hakkari Kurd rug, east Anatolia

: Bergama heybe, west Anatolia

: Konya prayer rug, central Anatolia, 18th century, 150 x 121cm

: Chinese silk embroidery fragment

: Transylvanian prayer rug, west, Anatolia, 189 x 132cm, end 17th century

: Anatolian Fustat fragment

: Chinese throne back

: Anatolian Yastik

: Persian bag face

: Baluch khorjin face, 85 x 66cm

: Daghestan prayer rug, Caucasus, 130 x 115cm

: Afshar bag face, southwest Persia, 83 x 54cm

: Konya prayer rug fragments

: Shahsavan kilim bag, Northwest Persia

: Shahsavan kilim bag, Northwest Persia

: Shahsavan kilim bag, Nortwest Persia

: East Anatolian? Cicim

: Shahsavan namakdan (salt) bag, Northwest Persia

: Afshar chanteh, southwest Persia

: Southwest Persian chanteh

: Indian dhurrie

: Indian dhurrie

: Central Anatolian divan cover?

: Thracian prayer kilim, The Balkans

: Central Anatolian kilim

: Sauj Bulagh Kurd rug, Northwest Persia

: Esfahan coin bag, circa 1800, silver on fabric

: Persian Silk brocade, circa 1800, 100cm x 100cm

: Kashan velvet, 1891, 190cm x 110cm

: Kirghiz needlework, silk on velvet, 160cm x 160cm

: Moroccan silver weaving, circa 1850, 280 x 50cm

: Chodor Turkmen chuval

: Dadhestan prayer rug, northeast Caucasus

: Kashan rug

: Swedish carriage cushion cover

: Esfahan pictorial rug, circa 1910, 220 x 145cm

: Shirvan kilim

The 9th annual Sartirana Textile Show will take place from 19-22 September 2013 at Sartirana Castle in Lomellina, near Milan, Italy. More than fifty dealers, national and international, will be participating in one of the largest ever such shows, with a programme that includes a cultural exhibition and a lecture programme.

Under the aegis of the scholarly Florentine dealer and fair impresario Alberto Boralevi, the Sartirana Textile Show presents a rare opportunity for exhibitors and experts from Italy, Europe and the Middle East to converge in one place. The aim of the event is to promote antique textiles as objects of art that have social and cultural value, within an agreeable setting in the Italian autumn.

This year the special exhibition will be dedicated to tribal pouches and saddlebags, along with folk costumes from around the world. There is also a special presentation of Afghan War rugs by the Italian NGO “Calpesta di Guerra”. In addition, at 17:00 on Friday and Saturday, business will be put on hold for the Textile Tea Time Talks, an informal chat about various in-depth topics, targeted at all guests to the show.