Art collector Rainer Kreissl who died in 2005 left behind him an unresolved argument. Should what most people call “oriental” carpets be called so? Here is the article in the Turkish Daily Times:
As he became an expert on Anatolian village rugs, and wrote about them, he urged Westerners to stop regarding Eastern weavings as “Oriental,” […]
Oriental carpets are not “oriental” at all, said Kreissl
March 12th, 2008 · No Comments
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