My understanding is that Luca Emilio Brancati collected war rugs from 1984 until 1987 exclusively. Thanks to Nigel Lendon, I saw a few photos over the years, but documentation of Brancati’s important 2018 exhibition at the gallery in the Palazzo Lascaris in Turin, Italy, was the first time good photos were published on the internet.
More rare photos are here, and on this FB post, and press coverage is here, and an announcement is here.
Brancati’s pinterest has lots of interesting war rug photos.
In Brancati’s new book with Amedeo Vittorio Bedini the photos alone are surely worth the thirty-four Euros.
Brancati’s last book was also a fascinating subject. Published in 1999 it seems to be out of print, but The Carpets of the Painters (or I Tappeti dei Pittori), analyzes rugs shown in old paintings.
