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Three-column 'Transylvanian' Turkish prayer rug with a single niche, late 17th century, Ottoman Empire. Black Church, Braşov, inv. no 238, 130x184cm, 1220 knots per square dm.

Published in Stefano Ionescu's "Antique Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania", plate 192. Also published in "Altorientalische Teppiche in Siebenbürgen", written by Emil Schmutzler (1889 – 1952) in 1933, plate 26