Reconstruction of the Berlin Museum early 16th century small pattern Holbein rug CODE: HLB04 Size (metric): 153x208cm Size (ft): 5'0"x7'0" Area: 3.18 m2 Pile height: 0.3-0.4cm Ends: braided tassles Weaving period: four months Colors: madder red, dark navy blue, gold yellow, light brown, medium green, ivory, dark brown. Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks, natural brown sheep wool, natural ivory sheep wool Materials: wool on wool: handspun wool for pile, ivory wool warps and light red wool wefts Weavers: handwoven by sister weavers in an eastern Azerbaijan village Inscriptions: Kayi tribal tamga is woven in the kilim end. Design: Named after a famous portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger that depicts a similar carpet draped over a table, the pattern of this carpet is one of the most fundamental of all carpet designs. Many other carpet patterns are derived from its arrangement of small knotlike medallions and diamond-shaped strapwork. Its interlaced border is related to the kufic border found in many early 'Lotto' carpets. "Holbein" carpets were woven in Anatolia as early as the fourteenth century, and became popular in Europe from the fifteenth century onward. www.azerbaijanrugs.com/anatolian/holbein/small_pattern_holbein_rug_turkey_16th_cenury_berlin_museum.htm

"The Ambassadors- Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve", by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1533, depicts an early Turkish large pattern Holbein rug with the reciprocal trefoil border of the same type.

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A small pattern Holbein rug is depicted in Tommaso di Piero's 'The Sacred Conversation', 1490-1500

"A Family Group", 1524, by Bernardino Licinio (c.1490-1549) shows a small pattern Holbein rug

Edward VI (the King of England and Ireland between 1547 – 1553, standing on a green ground small pattern Holbein carpet. c.1547 by an unknown artist

"Madonna and Child Enthroned between Angels and Saints", c. 1486, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. by Domenico Ghirlandaio - shows a so called small pattern "Holbein" rug

"Laura Pisani", Circle of Dosso Dossi. Italian, Ferrara, about 1525.

" Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints", ca. 1490s , unknown painter. Location: Chiese di Gravedona, Como.(fresco)

Kayi tribal tamga is woven in the kilim end.

"Annunciazione", c 1505, by Andrea Previtali ("Holbein" carpet in the background)

San Zeno Polyptych, 1457-60. by Andrea Mantegna. San Zeno, Verona. This is one of the earliest paintings depicting a small pattern Holbein rug.

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