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"Transylvanian" Turkish prayer rug with "gothic" border, late 17th century. 125x190 cm. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, inv. no GEW 4943. Formerly in the Evangelical Church of Bistrita.

Published in Stefano Ionescu's "Antique Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania", plate 251 & in "Altorientalische Teppiche in Siebenbürgen", by Emil Schmutzler (1889 – 1952) in 1933, plate 21