Rare Anatolian Kilims: Selections from Private Collectors

Ziya will present a selection of rare Anatolian kilims from his own collection and those he gathered from numerous private collections for an exhibition featured at the recent ICOC XV held in Istanbul in June 2024. The highly successful exhibition of these rarely viewed pieces took place at Tophane – i – Amir, a magnificent 15th century former canon ball producing factory which now serves as a Culture and Art Center.

Ziya Bozuglu is a Turkish carpet dealer who has lived in Italy for the past forty years. His business, Textile Arts, is based in Perugia, Italy. He began collecting Anatolian Kilims fifteen years ago and is currently working on a book about them. In 2007 he organized an exhibition in Italy on kaitags, rare silk embroideries from Daghestan and published Kaitag: Daghestani Silk Embroidery: An Italian collection with an introductory essay by Robert Chenciner and David Hunt.

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