Small pattern Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. According to John Taylor: "A carpet exhibited by Alberto Boralevi in Perugia in 1996 was once in the Contini-Bonacossi Collection and was optimistically dated late 15th Century. It has a D1 type border with "X-Boxes" still connected. Unsold at Nagels on 7 May 1994(1112)"