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Transylvanian Turkish prayer rug, possibly Kula, Western Turkey, c 1700. Evangelical Church of Biertan (Birthalm), inv. 61

Publications

  • "Altorientalische Teppiche in Siebenbürgen", written by Emil Schmutzler (1889 – 1952) in 1933, plate 27

  • Stefano Ionescu's "Antique Ottoman rugs in Transylvania", plate 194