Mehmet Cetinkaya Gallery has been the source of some of the most important textiles, carpets and kilims to emerge from Central Asia, Anatolia and the Caucasus. As a graduate of the Belgian Royal Academy where he studied art and graphic design, Mehmet Cetinkaya has used his considerable artistic talents to assemble and maintain one of the finest selections of antique textiles and weavings to be found anywhere. Mehmet is the principal developer of the market for the rare embroidered Kaitag textiles that have come to Istanbul from Daghestan. Collectors and dealers recognise his inventory of Central Asian textiles as the finest group of first-rate quality pieces. Mehmet’s Central Asian textile stock includes beautiful ikat chapans, ikat panels, Lakai embroideries, suzanis, cross-stitch embroidery from Shakrisabyz, and small embroidered utilitarian bags used by Turkmen and non-Turkmen peoples. He has chosen to acquire only those kilims that represent the very best design elements with natural colours. On any given day, Mehmet will show the ardent collector an incredible selection of antique carpets and rug fragments from Anatolia or Central Asia. For the discerning buyer Mehmet has a large selection of antique decorative carpets that date primarily to the 19th century. These decorative carpets meet the same rigorous standards of colour, condition, design and composition that Mehmet applies to every item in his stock. The result is an inventory that offers the exquisite, esoteric, collectible and highly decorative textiles and weavings to a vast cross-section of the market. Mehmet Cetinkaya is dedicated to obtaining and selling only those textiles and weavings that have artistic and ethnographic significance. He is recognized worldwide as a dealer that continuously brings the rare and extraordinary to the market. |