Six-column 'Transylvanian' Turkish prayer rug with a triple arch, early 18th century, Ottoman Empire. Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu (inv. no 2166). From the Evangelical Church of Beia (Meeburg)

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Six-column 'Transylvanian' Turkish prayer rug with a triple arch, early 18th century, Ottoman Empire. Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu (inv. no 2166). From the Evangelical Church of Beia (Meeburg). , 130x181cm, 1440 knots per square dm.

Published in Stefano Ionescu's "Antique Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania", plate 209