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"Transylvanian" prayer rug, Turkey, second half 17th century. Iparmuveszeti Muzeum, Budapest (Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest), inv. no: 63.608.1

Published in Ferenc Batari's 'Ottoman Turkish Carpets', Budapest, 1994

width: 123 cm
length: 179 cm
density: 1368 knots/dm2

Date of acquisition: 1963