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Small-pattern Holbein rug, west Anatolia, mid-16th century. 1.21 x 1.98m (4'0" x 6'6"). Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Gew 4909. The rug was taken from Transylvania to Germany late in World War II by the Saxon parishioners of the Lutheran Church in Bistrita (Bistritz), Romania.

image courtesy: www.rugtracker.com, John Taylor



Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

 

Read THE OTTOMAN RUGS OF BISTRITA by STEFANO IONESCU