Discover Transylvania

Stefano Ionescu, collector and independent scholar of Turkish rugs has provided the following images of Ottoman rugs in Transylvania. Stefano is the author of the ground breaking book ANTIQUE OTTOMAN RUGS IN TRANSYLVANIA. Since 1998 he has travelled frequently to Transylvania in connection with the promotion and safeguarding of Transylvania’s rug legacy and conducts regular rug tours of the region with Alberto Boralevi.

The following images are drawn from several years of research and rug-centered tours of Transylvania. They include photos taken in preperation of several publications as well as exhibitions and reserach in Budapest, Berlin and Istanbul including, 'Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania' at the Museum für Islamic Kunst and Transylvanian Churches 1500-1750 at the Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul (curators Dr. Nazan Ölçer and Michael Franses).   

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Examining a Ghirlandaio type rug in the Black Church, Brasov 2002
Photographing rugs in the Black Church, Brasov
un-mounting rugs in the Black Church, Brasov
transporting the rugs for washing, Brasov
Photographing rugs
Photographing rugs
Photographing rugs
Inspection with textile expert Rodica Dinulescu, Brasov
Organizing the rugs before photographing, The Black Church, Brasov
During the photographic campaign with Andrei Kertesz at Sebes
Stefano and Vincenzo, an expert on colour retouching, checking colors against th
Making colour correction
Meeting Ferenc Batári in Budapest
A double-niche Transylvanian rug, Hungarian National Museum, formerly collection
2006 Meeting Edmund de Unger one of the giants of our times. The rug behing come
2006 Exhibition at the MIK, Berlin
2007 Expo of Transylvanian rugs in Istanbul
2007 Expo of Transylvanian rugs in Istanbul
2007 Expo of Transylvanian rugs in Istanbul
2007 Expo of Transylvanian rugs in Istanbul
Dan Nasta and participants of the Discover Transylvania 2008 tour with Alberto B
2008 Private visit at the Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu - A treasure handled with car
2007 Expo of Transylvanian rugs in Istanbul, detail of Black Church, Brasov
Stefano Ionescu with his bench-mark publication on Anatolian rugs in Transylvani
The Black Church, Brasov
Walled Church, Biertan, Transylvania
Sighisoara city skyline
Rugs in the Lutheran cathedral of Sighisoara
'Bird rug' Sighisoara
Sibiu city skyline
Transylvanian rug in the Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu
Transylvanian rug in the Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu