Single niche "Transylvanian" Turkish prayer rug with star cartouches border, before 1730.  Iparmuveszeti Muzeum (Museum of Applied Arts), Budapest, inv. no: 7963


Marking: painted inscription on the back: "Donated to the church of Torda in 1730 by the honorable son of Daniel Clara" (Mélt. / Asz:... Daniel Clara...elné fia Conferálta a Torda... cclenak 1730)


knot density: 930 knots/dm2

Dimensions:
length: 161 cm
width: 132 cm

Structure: Warp: wool, Z2S, ivory, warp ends dyed yellow, alternate warps (left ones) slightly depressed; Weft: wool, 1Z, brick red (Rubia tinctorum L.), 2 shoots, "lazy lines"; Ends: bottom: ca. 6 cm, of 1Z, yellow, wool kilim, top: cut; Sides: left: three cords with three warps, right: four cords with four warps, wool, 1Z, yellow, after each row of knots before the inner cord the weft turns back making a needlework effect on the surface of the selvages. Pile: wool, 1Z, five colours: red (Rubia tinctorum L.), blue (indigo), ivory, yellow, (Reseda luteola L./Salvia triloba L.), black brown; Knots: symmetrical, horizontal: ca. 30/10 cm, vertical: ca. 31/10 cm, ca. 930/dm².


Published: Layer 1935 cat. no. 47.; Csányi 1956 ill. 1.; Csernyánszky 1966 p. 587.; Batári 1976 cat. no. 7. ill. 2.; Gombos 1979/b cat. no. 19.; Batári 1981 cat. no. 10.; Batári 1982 cat. no. 25.; Gombos 1984 ill. 68.; Kertész 1985 ill. 108.; Batári 1986/c cat. no. 43. ill. 43.; Batári 1986/f cat. no. 42.