"Transylvanian" Turkish prayer rug, Western Turkey, 17th century, The James F. Ballard Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Accession Number: 22.100.92

"Transylvanian" Turkish prayer rug, Western Turkey, 17th century, Ottoman Empire. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Medium: Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically and asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions: H. 64 in. (162.56 cm), W. 48 in. (121.92 cm)

Credit Line: The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922

Accession Number: 22.100.92

Not on view

Provenance: aquired from I. Kafanoff in Istanbul ; James F. Ballard, St. Louis, MO (until 1922; gifted to MMA)

Exhibition History: Asia Society. "Peasant and Nomadic Rugs of Asia," 1961, no. 2.

References:

Loan Exhibition of Oriental Rugs from the Collection of James F. Ballard of St. Louis, MO.. no. 32, pp. 13–14.

Breck, Joseph, and Frances Morris. "The Metropolitan Museum of Art." In The James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1923. no. 45, p. 26, ill. (b/w).

Dimand, Maurice S. A Handbook of Mohammedan Decorative Arts. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1930. pp. 274–75, ill. fig. 168 (b/w).

Dimand, Maurice S. A Handbook of Muhammadan Art. 2nd rev. and enl. ed. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1944. p. 317, ill. fig. 211 (b/w).

Dimand, Maurice S. Peasant and Nomad Rugs of Asia. New York: Asia House Gallery, 1961. no. 2, pp. 19, 74, ill. p. 19 (b/w).

Dimand, Maurice S., and Jean Mailey. Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973. no. 89, pp. 193, 226, ill. fig. 176 (b/w).